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SELECTIONS 
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SELECTIONS FROM BIBLE. 
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PREFACE. 



The purpose of this little book is to sup- 
ply a collection of extracts from the Bible, 
suitable for use in the opening exercises 
of schools. 

The principle of selection has been to 
choose passages sufficiently brief for the 
purpose in view, jet complete in thought, 
and varied and interesting in theme ; and 
to present only such selections as will 
best emphasize the moral lessons, the poet- 
ry and eloquence, and the sublimities of 
thought contained in the Bible — in a word, 
such passages as will appeal to people of 
every race and creed. 

John Gr. Wight. 



CONTENTS. 



Genesis 5 

Deuteronomy 18 

Joshua 25 

Judges 27 

Ruth 29 

II. Samuel 31 

I. Kings 35 

Job 37 

Psalms 66 

Proverbs 114 

ecclesiastes 138 

Isaiah 151 

Jeremiah 169 

Ezekiel 171 

Daniel 173 

Hosea 176 

Habakkuk 177 

Malachi 179 

St. Matthew 181 



St. Mark 20S 

St. Luke B 214 

St. John 222 

The Acts 235 

Romans 247 

I. Corinthians 251 

Galatians 261 

Ephesians 264 

Philippians 265 

Colossians 266 

I. Thessalonians. . . 268 

I. Timothy 270 

Hebrews 271 

James 277 

I. Peter 281 

II. Peter 283 

I. John 285 

Revelation 289 



SELECTIONS 
FROM THE BIBLE. 



GENESIS- 



CHAPTER I. 

In the beginning God created the heaven 
and the earth. 

2 And the earth was without form, and 
void; and darkness teas upon the face of the 
deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon 
the face of the waters. 

3 And God said, Let there be light: and 
there was light. 

4 And God saw the light, that it was 
good: and God divided the light from the 
darkness. 

5 And God called the light Day, and the 
darkness he called Night. And the even- 
ing and the morning were the first day. 

6 ff And God said, Let there be a firma- 
ment in the midst of the waters, and let it 
divide the waters from the waters. 

5 



GENESIS. 



7 And God made the firmament, and 
divided the waters which were under the 
firmament from the waters w T hieh were 
above the firmament: and it was so. 

8 And God called the firmament Heaven. 
And the evening and the morning were the 
second day. 

9 fl And God said, Let the waters under 
the heaven be gathered together unto one 
place, and let the dry land appear: and it 
was so. 

10 And God called the dry land Earth; 
and the gathering together of the waters 
called he Seas: and God saw that it ivas 
good. 

CHAPTER I. 

24 fl And God said, Let the earth bring 
forth the living creature after his kind, 
cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the 
earth after his kind: and it was so. 

25 And God made the beast of the earth 
after his kind, and cattle after their kind, 
and every thing that creepeth upon the 
earth after his kind: and God saw that it 
teas good. 



GENESIS. 7 

26 fl And God said, Let us make man in 
our image, after our likeness : and let them 
have dominion over the fish of the sea, and 
over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, 
and over all the earth, and over every 
creeping thing that creepeth upon the 
earth. 

27 So God created man in his own image, 
in the image of God created he him; male 
and female created he them. 

28 And God blessed them, and God said 
unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and 
replenish the earth, and subdue it: and 
have dominion over the fish of the sea, and 
over the fowl of the air, and over every 
living thing that moveth upon the earth. 

29 \ And God said, Behold, I have given 
you every herb bearing seed, which is upon 
the face of all the earth, and every tree, in 
the which is the fruit of a tree yielding 
seed; to you it shall be for meat. 

30 And to every beast of the earth, and 
to every fowl of the air, and to every thing 
that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there 
is life, / have given every green herb for 
meat: and it was so. 



8 GENESIS. 

31 And God saw every thing that he had 
made, and, behold, it teas very good. And 
the evening and the morning were the sixth 
day. 

CHAPTEK XIII. 

2 And Abram teas very rich in cattle, in 
silver, and in gold. 

3 And he went on his journeys from the 
south even to Beth-el, unto the place where 
his tent had been at the beginning, be- 
tween Beth-el and Hai; 

4 Unto the place of the altar, which he 
had made there at the first: and there 
Abram called on the name of the Lord. 

5 f| And Lot also, which went with 
Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. 

7 And there was a strife between the 
herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herd- 
men of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and 
the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. 

8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there 
be no strife, I pray thee, between me and 
thee, and between my herdmen and thy 
herdmen; for we be brethren. 

9 Is not the whole land before thee? 



GENESIS. 9 

separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if 
thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to 
the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, 
then I will go to the left, 

11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of 
Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they 
separated themselves the one from the 
other. 

12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, 
and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, 
and pitched his tent toward Sodom. 

18 Then Abram removed his tent, and 
came and dw^elt in the plain of Mamre, 
which is in Hebron, and built there an 
altar unto the Lord. 

CHAPTER XVII. 

And when Abram was ninety years old 
and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, 
and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; 
walk before me, and be thou perfect. 

2 And I will make my covenant between 
me and thee, and will multiply thee exceed- 
ingly. 

3 And Abram fell on his face: and God 
talked with him, saying, 



10 GENESIS. 

4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with 
thee, and thou shalt be a father of many 
nations. 

5 Neither shall thy name any more be 
called Abram, but thy name shall be Abra- 
ham; for a father of many nations have I 
made thee. 

6 And I will make thee exceeding fruit- 
ful, and I will make nations of thee, and 
kings shall come out of thee. 

7 And I will establish my covenant be- 
tween me and thee and thy seed after thee 
in their generations for an everlasting 
covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy 
seed after thee. 

8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy 
seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a 
stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an 
everlasting possession; and I will be their 
God. 

CHAPTER XXI. 

14 And Abraham rose up early in the 
morning, and took bread, and a bottle of 
water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it 
on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her 



GENESIS. 11 

away: and she departed, and wandered in 
the wilderness of Beer-sheba. 

15 And the water was spent in the bot- 
tle, and she cast the child under one of the 
shrubs. 

16 And she went, and sat her down over 
against him a good way off, as it were a 
bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the 
death of the child. And she sat over 
against him, and lifted up her voice, and 
wept. 

17 And God heard the voice of the lad; 
and the angel of God called to Hagar out 
of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth 
thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard 
the voice of the lad w T here he is. 

18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in 
thine hand; for I will make him a great 
nation. 

19 And God opened her eyes, and she 
saw a well of w^ater; and she went, and 
filled the bottle with water, and gave the 
lad drink. 

20 And God was with the lad; and he 
grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and be- 
came an archer. 



12 GENESIS. 

21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of 
Paran. 

CHAPTER XXII. 

And it came to pass after these things, 
that God did tempt Abraham, and said 
unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, 
here I am. 

2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine 
only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get 
thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him 
there for a burnt offering upon one of the 
mountains which I will tell thee of. 

3 U And Abraham rose up early in the 
morning, and saddled his ass, and took two 
of his young men with him, and Isaac his 
son, and clave the wood for the burnt offer- 
ing, and rose up, and went unto the place of 
which God had told him. 

4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted 
up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. 

5 And Abraham said unto his young 
men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and 
the lad will go yonder and worship, and 
come again to you. 

6 And Abraham took the wood of the 



GENESIS. 13 

burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his 
son; and he took the fire in his hand, and 
a knife; and they went both of them to- 
gether. 

7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his 
father, and said, My father: and he said, 
Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold 
the fire and the wood: but where is the 
lamb for a burnt offering? 

8 And Abraham said, My son, God will 
provide himself a lamb for a burnt offer- 
ing: so they went both of them together. 

9 And they came to the place which God 
had told him of; and Abraham built an 
altar there, and laid the wood in order, and 
bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the 
altar upon the wood. 

10 And Abraham stretched forth his 
hand, and took the knife to slay his 
son. 

11 And the angel of the Lord called 
unto him out of heaven, and said, Abra- 
ham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. 

12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon 
the lad, neither do thou any thing unto 
him : for now I know that thou f earest God, 



14 GENESIS. 

seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, 
thine only son from me. 

CHAPTER XXVIII. 

10 ffAnd Jacob went out from Beer- 
sheba, and went toward Haran. 

11 And he lighted upon a certain place, 
and tarried there all night, because the sun 
was set; and he took of the stones of that 
place, and put them for his pillows, and lay 
down in that place to sleep. 

12 And he dreamed, and behold a lad- 
der set up on the earth, and the top of it 
reached to heaven: and behold the angels 
of God ascending and descending on it. 

13 And, behold, the Lord stood above it, 
and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham 
thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land 
whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, 
and to thy seed; 

14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of 
the eath; and thou shalt spread abroad to 
the west, and to the east, and to the north, 
and to the south: and in thee and in thy 
seed shall all the families of the earth be 
blessed. 



GENESIS. 15 

15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will 
keep thee in all places whither thou goest, 
and will bring thee again into this land; for 
I will not leave thee, until I have done that 
which I have spoken to thee of. 

16 |f And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, 
and he said, Surely the Lord is in this 
place; and I knew it not. 

17 And he was afraid, and said, How 
dreadful is this place! this is none other 
but the house of God, and this is the gate 
of heaven. 

18 And Jacob rose up early in the morn- 
ing, and took the stone that he had put for 
his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and 
poured oil upon the top of it. 

19 And he called the name of that place 
Beth-el : but the name of that city was called 
Luz at the first. 

20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If 
God will be with me, and will keep me in 
this way that I go, and will give me bread 
to eat, and raiment to put on, 

21 So that I come again to my father's 
house in peace; then shall the Lord be my 
God: 



16 GENESIS. 

22 And this stone, which I have set for a 
pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that 
thou shalt give me I will surely give the 
tenth unto thee. 

CHAPTER XXXVII. 

23 fl And it came to pass, when Joseph 
was come unto his brethren, that they 
stripped Joseph out of his coat, his coat of 
many colours that was on him; 

24 And they took him, and cast him into 
a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no 
water in it. 

25 And they sat down to eat bread: and 
they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, 
behold, a company of Ishmaelites came 
from Gilead. with their camels bearing 
spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry 
it down to Egypt. 

26 And Judah said unto his brethren, 
What profit is it if we slay our brother, and 
conceal his blood? 

27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ish- 
maelites, and let not our hand be upon him; 
for he is our brother and our flesh. And his 
brethren were content. 



GENESIS. 17 

28 Then there passed by Midianites 
merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up 
Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to 
the lshmaelites for twenty pieces of silver: 
and they brought Joseph into Egypt. 

31 And they took Joseph's coat, and 
killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the 
coat in the blood; 

32 And they sent the coat of many 
colours, and they brought it to their father; 
and said, This have we found: know now 
whether it be thy son's coat or no. 

33 And he knew it, and said, It is my 
son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured 
him; Joseph is without doubt rent in 
pieces. 

34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put 
sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for 
his son many days. 



Wi. Bi.-2. 



18 DEUTERONOMY. 



DEUTERONOMY, 



CHAPTER IV. 

32 For ask now of the days that are past, 
which were before thee, since the day that 
God created man upon the earth, and ask 
from the one side of heaven unto the other, 
whether there hath been any such thing as 
this great thing is, or hath been heard like 
it? 

33 Did ever people hear the voice of God 
speaking out of the midst of the fire, as 
thou hast heard, and live? 

34 Or hath God assayed to go and take 
him a nation from the midst of another 
nation, by temptations, by signs, and by 
wonders, and by war, and by a mighty 
hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by 
great terrors, according to all that the 
Lord your God did for you in Egypt before 
your eyes? 



DEUTERONOMY. 19 

36 Out of heaven he made thee to hear 
his voice, that he might instruct thee: and 
upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; 
and thou heardest his words out of the 
midst of the lire. 

37 And because he loved thy fathers, 
therefore he chose their seed after them, 
and brought thee out in his sight with his 
mighty power out of Egypt; 

38 To drive out nations from before thee 
greater and mightier than thou art, to 
bring thee in, to give thee their land for an 
inheritance, as it is this day. 

39 Know therefore this day, and con- 
sider it in thine heart, that the Lord he is 
God in heaven above, and upon the earth 
beneath: there is none else. 

40 Thou shalt keep therefore his stat- 
utes, and his commandments, which I com- 
mand thee this day, that it may go well 
with thee, and with thy children after thee, 
and that thou mayest prolong thy days 
upon the earth, which the Lord thy God 
giveth thee, for ever. 



20 DEUTERONOMY. 



CHAPTER VIII. 

All the commandments which I com- 
mand thee this day shall ye observe to do, 
that ye may live, and multiply, and go in 
and possess the land which the Lord sware 
unto your fathers. 

2 And thou shalt remember all the way 
which the Lord thy God led thee these 
forty years in the wilderness, to humble 
thee, and to prove thee, to know what was 
in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep 
his commandments, or no. 

3 And he humbled thee, and suffered 
thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, 
which thou knewest not, neither did thy 
fathers know; that he might make thee 
know^ that man doth not live by bread only, 
but by every word that proceedeth out of 
the mouth of the Lord doth man live. 

11 Beware that thou forget not the 
Lord thy God, in not keeping his com- 
mandments, and his judgments, and his 
statutes, which I command thee this day: 

12 Lest when thou hast eaten and art 



DEUTERONOMY. 21 

full, and hast built goodly houses, and 
dwelt therein; 

13 And when thy herds and thy flocks 
multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is 
multiplied, and all that thou hast is multi- 
plied; 

14 Then thine heart be lifted up, and 
thou forget the Lord thy God, which 
brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, 
from the house of bondage; 

15 Who led thee through that great and 
terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery ser- 
pents, and scorpions, and drought, where 
there was no water; who brought thee forth 
water out of the rock of flint; 

16 Who fed thee in the wilderness with 
manna, which thy fathers knew not, that 
he might humble thee, and that he might 
prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter 
end. 

OHAPTEK XL 

13 fl And it shall come to pass, if ye 
shall hearken diligently unto my command- 
ments which I command' you this day, to 



22 DEUTERONOMY. 

love the Lord your God, and to serve him 
with all your heart and with all your soul, 

14 That I will give you the rain of your 
land in his due season, the first rain and 
the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in 
thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. 

15 And I will send grass in thy fields for 
thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full. 

16 Take heed to yourselves, that your 
heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, 
and serve other gods, and worship them; 

17 And then the Lord's wrath be kindled 
against you, and he shut up the heaven, 
that there be no rain, and that the land 
yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quick- 
ly from off the good land which the Lord 
giveth you. 

18 ff Therefore shall ye lay up these my 
words in your heart and in your soul, and 
bind them for a sign upon your hand, that 
they may be as frontlets between your eyes. 

19 And ye shall teach them your chil- 
dren, speaking of them when thou sittest 
in thine house, and when thou walkest by 
the way, when thou liest down, and when 
thou risest up. 



DEUTERONOMY. 23 

20 And thou shalt write them upon the 
door posts of thine house, and upon thy 
gates : 

21 That your days may be multiplied, 
and the days of your children, in the land 
which the Lord sw r are unto your fathers to 
give them, as the days of heaven upon the 
earth. 

CHAPTER XXXII. 
Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; 
and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. 

2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my 
speech shall distil as the dew, as the small 
rain upon the tender herb, and as the 
showers upon the grass: 

3 Because I will publish the name of the 
Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 

4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for 
all his ways are judgment: a God of truth 
and without iniquity, just and right is he. 

5 They have corrupted themselves, their 
spot is not the spot of his children : they are 
a perverse and crooked generation. 

6 Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish 
people and unwise? is not he thy father that 



24 DEUTERONOMY. 

hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, 
and established thee? 

7 Tf Remember the days of old, consider 
the years of many generations: ask thy 
father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, 
and they will tell thee. 

8 When the Most High divided to the 
nations their inheritance, when he sepa- 
rated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds 
of the people according to the number of 
the children of Israel. 

9 For the Lord's portion is his people; 
Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. 

10 He found him in a desert land, and in 
the waste howling wilderness; he led him 
about, he instructed him, he kept him as 
the apple of his eye. 

11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, flut- 
tereth over her young, spreadeth abroad 
her wings, taketh them, beareth them on 
her wings; 

12 So the Lord alone did lead him, and 
there was no strange god with him. 

13 He made him ride on the high places 
of the earth, that he might eat the increase 
of the fields; and he made him to suck 



JOSHUA. 25 

honey out of the rock, and oil out of the 
flinty rock; 

14 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, 
with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed 
of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kid- 
neys of wheat; and thou didst drink the 
pure blood of the grape. 



JOSHUA. 



CHAPTER I. 

Now after the death of Moses the ser- 
vant of the Lord, it came to pass, that the 
Lord spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, 
Moses' minister, saying, 

2 Moses my servant is dead; now there- 
fore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and 
all this people, unto the land which I do 
give to them, even to the children of Israel. 

3 Every place that the sole of your foot 
shall tread upon, that have I given unto 
you, as I said unto Moses. 

4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon 



26 



JOSHUA. 



even unto the great river, the river Eu- 
phrates, all the land of the Hittites, and 
unto the great sea toward the going down 
of the sun, shall be your coast. 

5 There shall not any man be able to 
stand before thee all the days of thy life: as 
I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I 
will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 

6 Be strong and of a good courage: for 
unto this people shalt thou divide for an 
inheritance the land, which I sware unto 
their fathers to give them. 

7 Only be thou strong and very coura- 
geous, that thou niayest observe to do ac- 
cording to all the law, which Moses my 
servant commanded thee: turn not from it 
to the right hand or to the left, that thou 
mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest. 

8 This book of the law shall not depart 
out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate 
therein day and night, that thou mayest 
observe to do according to all that is writ- 
ten therein : for then thou shalt make thy 
way prosperous, and then thou shalt have 
good success. 



JUDGES. 27 



JUDGES. 

CHAPTER IX. 

6 And all the men of Shechem gathered 
together, and all the house of Millo, and 
went and made Abimelech king, by the 
plain of the pillar that was in Shechem. 

7 fl And when they told it to Jotham, he 
went and stood in the top of mount Geri- 
zim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and 
said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men 
of Shechem, that God may hearken unto 
you. 

8 The trees went forth on a time to anoint 
a king over them; and they said unto the 
olive tree, Eeign thou over us. 

9 But the olive tree said unto them, 
Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by 
me they honour God and man, and go to be 
promoted over the trees? 

10 And the trees said to the fig tree, 
Come thou, and reign over us. 



28 JUDGES. 

11 But the fig tree said unto them, 
Should I forsake my sweetness, and my 
good fruit, and go to be promoted over the 
trees? 

12 Then said the trees unto the vine, 
Come thou, and reign over us. 

13 And the vine said unto them, Should 
I leave my wine, w T hich cheereth God and 
man, and go to be promoted over the trees? 

14 Then said all the trees unto the bram- 
ble, Come thou, and reign over us. 

15 And the bramble said unto the trees, 
If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then 
come and put your trust in my shadow; and 
if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and 
devour the cedars of Lebanon. 



RUTH. 29 



RUTH. 



CHAPTER I. 

3 And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; 
and she was left, and her two sons. 

4 And they took them wives of the wom- 
en of Moab; the name of the one was 
Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: 
and they dwelled there about ten years. 

5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both 
of them; and the woman was left of her two 
sons and her husband. 

6 fl Then she arose with her daughters 
in law, that she might return from the 
country of Moab: for she had heard in the 
country of Moab how that the Lord had 
visited his people in giving them bread. 

8 And Naomi said unto her two daugh- 
ters in law, Go, return each to her mother's 
house: the Lord deal kindly with you, as 
ye have dealt with the dead, and with me. 



30 RUTH. 

9 The Lord grant you that ye may find 
rest, each of you in the house of her hus- 
band. Then she kissed them; and they 
lifted up their voice, and wept. 

10 And they said unto her, Surely we 
will return with thee unto thy people. 

11 And Naomi said, Turn again, my 
daughters: why will ye go with me? 

14 And they lifted up their voice, and 
wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother 
in law; but Euth clave unto her. 

15 And she said, Behold, thy sister in 
law is gone back unto her people, and unto 
her gods: return thou after thy sister in 
law. 

16 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to 
leave thee, or to return from following after 
thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and 
where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people 
shall he my people, and thy God my God: 

17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there 
will I be buried : the Lord do so to me, and 
more also, if ought but death part thee and 
me. 

19 fl So they two went until they came 
to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when 



II. SAMUEL. 31 

they were come to Beth-lehein, that all the 
city was moved about them, and they said, 
Is this Naomi? 

20 And she said unto them, Call me not 
Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty 
hath dealt very bitterly with me. 

22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the 
Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, 
which returned out of the country of Moab : 
and they came to Beth-lehem in the begin- 
ning of barley harvest. 



IL SAMUEL. 



CHAPTER L 

17 ft And David lamented with this 
lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan 
his son: 

19 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy 
high places: how are the mighty fallen! 

20 Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in 
the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters 
of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters 
of the uncircumcised triumph. 



32 II. SAMUEL. 

21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be 
no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, 
nor fields of offerings: for there the shield 
of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield 
of Saul, as though he had not been anointed 
with oil. 

22 From the blood of the slain, from the 
fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan 
turned not back, and the sword of Saul re- 
turned not empty. 

23 Saul and Jonathan icere lovely and 
pleasant in their lives, and in their death 
they were not divided: they were swifter 
than eagles, they were stronger than lions. 

24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep over 
Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other 
delights, who put on ornaments of gold 
upon your apparel. 

25 How are the mighty fallen in the 
midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast 
slain in thine high places. 

26 I am distressed for thee, my brother 
Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been 
unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, 
passing the love of women. 



II. SAMUEL. 33 



CHAPTER XXII. 

And David spake unto the Lord the 
words of this song, in the day that the Lord 
had delivered him out of the hand of all his 
enemies, and out of the hand of Saul : 

2 And he said, The Lord is my rock, and 
my fortress, and my deliverer; 

3 The God of my rock; in him will I 
trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my 
salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, 
my saviour; thou savest me from violence. 

7 In my distress I called upon the Lord, 
and cried to my God: and he did hear my 
voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter 
into his ears. 

8 Then the earth shook and trembled; 
the foundations of heaven moved and 
shook, because he was wroth. 

10 He bowed the heavens also, and came 
down; and darkness ivas under his feet. 

11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did 
fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the 
wind. 

12 And he made darkness pavilions 

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34 II. SAMUEL. 

round about him, dark waters, and thick 
clouds of the skies. 

21 The Lord rewarded me according to 
my righteousness: according to the clean- 
ness of my hands hath he recompensed me. 

22 For I have kept the ways of the Lord, 
and have not wickedly departed from my 
God. 

26 With the merciful thou wilt shew 
thyself merciful, and with the upright man 
thou wilt shew thyself upright. 

27 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself 
pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew 
thyself unsavoury. 

28 And the afflicted people thou wilt 
save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, 
that thou mayest bring them down. 

29 For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and 
the Lord will lighten my darkness. 

31 As for God, his way is perfect; the 
word of the Lord is tried : he is a buckler 
to all them that trust in him. 



I. KINGS. 35 



L KINGS. 



CHAPTER V. 

And Hiram king of Tyre sent his serv- 
ants unto Solomon; for he had heard that 
they had anointed him king in the room of 
his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of 
David. 

2 And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, 

5 And, behold, I purpose to build a 
house unto the name of the Lord my God, 
as the Lord spake unto David my father, 
saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy 
throne in thy room, he shall build a house 
unto my name. 

6 Now therefore command thou that 
they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; 
and my servants shall be with thy servants : 
and unto thee will I give hire for thy serv- 
ants according to all that thou shalt ap- 
point: for thou knowest that there is not 
among us any that can skill to hew timber 
like unto the Sidonians. 



36 I. KINGS. 

8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, 1 
have considered the things which thou 
sentest to me for: and I will do all thy de- 
sire concerning timber of cedar, and con- 
cerning timber of fir. 

9 My servants shall bring them down 
from Lebanon unto the sea; and I will con- 
vey them by sea in floats unto the place 
that thou shalt appoint nie, and will cause 
them to be discharged there, and thou shalt 
receive them : and thou shalt accomplish my 
desire, in giving food for my household. 

10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees 
and fir trees according to all his desire. 

12 And the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, 
as he promised him: and there was peace 
between Hiram and Solomon; and they two 
made a league together. 

13 U And king Solomon raised a levy 
out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty 
thousand men. 

14 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten 
thousand a month by courses: a month they 
were in Lebanon, and two months at home: 
and Adoniram was over the levy. 

15 And Solomon had threescore and ten 



job. 37 

thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore 
thousand hewers in the mountains; 

17 And the king commanded, and they 
brought great stones, costly stones, and 
hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the 
house. 

18 And Solomon's builders and Hiram's 
builders did hew them, and the stone- 
squarers: so they prepared timber and 
stones to build the house. 



JOB. 

CHAPTER IV. 

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered 
and said, 

2 // we assay to commune with thee, 
wilt thou be grieved? but who can with- 
hold himself from speaking? 

3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, 
and thou hast strengthened the weak 
hands. 

4 Thy words have upholden him that 



38 job. 

was falling, and thou hast strengthened 
the feeble knees. 

5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou 
faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art 
troubled. 

6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy 
hope, and the uprightness of thy ways? 

7 Eemember, I pray thee, who ever per- 
ished, being innocent? or where were the 
righteous cut off? 

8 Even as I have seen, they that plow 
iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the 
same. 

13 In thoughts from the visions of the 
night, w T hen deep sleep falleth on men, 

14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, 
which made all my bones to shake. 

15 Then a spirit passed before my face; 
the hair of my flesh stood up : 

16 It stood still, but I could not discern 
the form thereof: an image teas before mine 
eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, 
saying, 

17 Shall mortal man be more just than 
God? shall a man be more pure than his 
maker? 



job. 39 

18 Behold, he put no trust in his serv- 
ants; and his angels he charged with folly: 

19 How much less in them that dwell in 
houses of clay, whose foundation is in the 
dust, which are crushed before the moth? 



CHAPTER V. 

Call now, if there be any that will 
answer thee; and to which of the saints 
wilt thou turn? 

2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and 
envy slayeth the silly one. 

6 Although affliction cometh not forth 
of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out 
of the ground; 

7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the 
sparks fly upward. 

8 I would seek unto God, and unto God 
would I commit my cause: 

9 Which doeth great things and un- 
searchable; marvellous things without 
number: 

10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and 
sendeth waters upon the fields: 

11 To set up on high those that be low; 



40 job. 

that those which mourn may be exalted to 
safety. 

12 He disappointeth the devices of the 
crafty, so that their hands cannot perform 
their enterprise. 

13 He taketh the wise in their own 
craftiness: and the counsel of the froward 
is carried headlong. 

14 They meet with darkness in the day- 
time, and grope in the noonday as in the 
night. 

17 Behold, happy is the man whom God 
correcteth: therefore despise not thou the 
chastening of the Almighty: 

18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: 
he woundeth, and his hands make whole. 

19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: 
yea, in seven there shall no evil touch 
thee. 

20 In famine he shall redeem thee from 
death: and in war from the power of the 
sword. 

21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of 
the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of 
destruction when it cometh. 

23 For thou shalt be in league with the 



JOB. 41 

stones of the field: and the beasts of the 
field shall be at peace with thee. 

26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full 
age, like as a shock of corn coineth in in his 
season. 

CHAPTER VII. 

Is there not an appointed time to man 
upon earth? are not his days also like the 
days of a hireling? 

2 As a servant earnestly desireth the 
shadow, and as a hireling looketh for the 
reward of his work; 

3 So am I made to possess months of 
vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed 
to me. 

4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I 
arise, and the night be gone? and I am full 
of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of 
the day. 

5 My flesh is clothed with worms and 
clods of dust; my skin is broken, and be- 
come loathsome. 

6 My days are swifter than a weaver's 
shuttle, and are spent without hope. 



42 job. 

7 O remember that my life is wind : mine 
eye shall no more see good. 

8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall 
see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and 
I am not. 

9 As the cloud is consumed and vanish- 
eth away; so he that goeth down to the 
grave shall come up no more. 

10 He shall return no more to his house, 
neither shall the place know him any 
more. 

11 Therefore I will not refrain my 
mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my 
spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of 
my soul. 

12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou set- 
test a watch over me? 

13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, 
my couch shall ease my complaint; 

14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, 
and terrifiest me through visions: 

15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, 
and death rather than my life. 

16 I loathe it; I would not live alway: let 
me alone; for my days are vanity. 

17 What is man, that thou shouldest 



job. 43 

magnify him? and that thou shouldest set 
thine heart upon him? 

18 And that thou shouldest visit him 
every morning, and try him every moment? 

CHAPTER IX. 

Then Job answered and said, 

2 I know it is so of a truth: but how 
should man be just with God? 

3 If he will contend with him, he cannot 
answer him one of a thousand. 

4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in 
strength: who hath hardened himself 
against him, and hath prospered? 

5 Which removeth the mountains, and 
they know not; which overturneth them in 
his anger; 

6 Which shaketh the earth out of her 
place, and the pillars thereof tremble; 

7 Which commandeth the sun, and it 
riseth not; and sealeth up the stars; 

8 Which alone spreadeth out the 
heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of 
the sea. 

9 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and 



44 job. 

Pleiades, and the chambers of the 
south; 

10 Which doeth great things past find- 
ing out; yea, and wonders without num- 
ber. 

20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth 
shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it 
shall also prove me perverse. 

21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not 
know my soul : I would despise my life. 

25 Now my days are swifter than a post : 
they flee away, they see no good. 

26 They are passed away as the swift 
ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. 

28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know 
that thou wilt not hold me innocent. 

29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in 
vain? 

30 If I wash myself with snow water, 
and make my hands never so clean; 

31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, 
and mine own clothes shall abhor me. 

32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I 
should answer him, and we should come 
together in judgment. 



job. 45 

CHAPTER X. 

9 Kemember, I beseech thee, that thou 
hast. made me as the clay; and wilt thou 
bring me into dust again? 

10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk, 
and curdled me like cheese? 

11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and 
flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and 
sinews. 

12 Thou hast granted me life and favour, 
and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit. 

13 And these things hast thou hid in 
thine heart : I know that this is with thee. 

14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and 
thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. 

15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I 
be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. 
/ am full of confusion; therefore see thou 
mine affliction; 

20 Arc not my days few? cease then, and 
let me alone, that I may take comfort a 
little, 

21 Before I go whence I shall not return, 
even to the land of darkness and the shadow 
of death. 



it) JOB. 



CHAPTER XI. 

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, 
and said, 

2 Should not the multitude of words be 
answered? and should a man full of talk be 
justified? 

3 Should thy lies make men hold their 
peace? and when thou mockest, shall no 
man make thee ashamed? 

4 For thou hast said, My doctrine is 
pure, and I am clean in thine eyes. 

5 But oh that God would speak, and 
open his lips against thee; 

6 And that he would shew thee the 
secrets of wisdom, that they are double to 
that which is! Know therefore that God 
exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity 
deserveth. 

7 Canst thou by searching find out God? 
canst thou find out the Almighty unto per- 
fection? 

8 // is as high as heaven; what canst 
thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou 
know? 



job. 47 

9 The measure thereof is longer than the 
earth, and broader than the sea. 

10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather 
together, then who can hinder him? 

11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth 
wickedness also; will he not then consider 
it? 

12 For vain man would be wise, though 
man be born like a wild ass's colt. 

13 If thou prepare thine heart, and 
stretch out thine hands toward him; 

14 If iniquity he in thine hand, put it far 
away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy 
tabernacles. 

15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face 
without spot; yea, thou shalt be steadfast, 
and shalt not fear: 

16 Because thou shalt forget thy misery, 
and remember it as waters that pass away. 

CHAPTER XIV. 

Man that is born of a woman is of few 
days, and full of trouble. 

2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is 
cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and 
continueth not. 



48 job. 

7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut 
down, that it will sprout again, and that 
the tender branch thereof will not cease. 

8 Though the root thereof wax old in the 
earth, and the stock thereof die in the 
ground; 

9 Yet through the scent of water it will 
bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. 

10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: 
yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is 
he? 

11 As the waters fail from the sea, and 
the flood decay eth and drieth up ; 

12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: 
till the heavens he no more, they shall not 
awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. 

14 If a man die, shall he live again? all 
the days of my appointed time will I wait, 
till my change come. 



CHAPTER XV. 

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, 
and said, 

2 Should a wise man utter vain knowl- 
edge, and fill his belly with the east wind? 



job. 49 

3 Should he reason with unprofitable 
talk? or with speeches wherewith he can 
do no good? 

7 Art thou the first man that was born? 
or wast thou made before the hills? 

8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? 
and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself? 

9 What knowest thou, that we know 
not? ivhat understandest thou, which is not 
in us? 

10 With us are both the grayheaded and 
very aged men, much elder than thy father. 

14 What is man, that he should be 
clean? and he which is born of a woman, 
that he should be righteous? 

15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his 
saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his 
sight. 

16 How much more abominable and 
filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like 
water? 

25 For he stretcheth out his hand against 
God, and strengtheneth himself against 
the Almighty. 

31 Let not him that is deceived trust in 
vanity: for vanity shall be his recompense. 

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50 job. 

32 It shall be accomplished before his 
time, and his branch shall not be green. 

33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as 
the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the 
olive. 

CHAPTER XXII. 

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered 
and said, 

2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as 
he that is wise may be profitable unto him- 
self? 

3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that 
thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that 
thou makest thy ways perfect? 

5 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine 
iniquities infinite? 

6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy 
brother for naught, and stripped the naked 
of their clothing. 

7 Thou hast not given water to the 
weary to drink, and thou hast withholden 
bread from the hungry. 

8 But as for the mighty man, he had the 
earth ; and the honourable man dwelt in it. 

9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, 



JOB. 51 

and the arms of the fatherless have been 
broken. 

10 Therefore snares are round about 
thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee; 

11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; 
and abundance of waters cover thee. 

12 Is not God in the height of heaven? 
and behold the height of the stars, how 
high they are ! 

14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, 
that he seeth not; and he walketh in the 
circuit of heaven. 

22 Eeceive, I pray thee, the law from his 
mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. 

26 For then shalt thou have thy delight 
in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face 
unto God. 

CHAPTER XXVII. 

Moreover Job continued his parable, 
and said, 

2 As God liveth, who hath taken away 
my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath 
vexed my soul; 

3 All the while my breath is in me, and 
the spirit of God is in my nostrils; 



52 job. 






4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, 
nor nay tongue utter deceit. 

5 God forbid that I should justify you: 
till I die I will not remove mine integrity 
from me. 

6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will 
not let it go: my heart shall not reproach 
me so long as I live. 

11 I will teach you by the hand of God: 
that which is with the Almighty will I not 
conceal. 

12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen 
it; why then are ye thus altogether 
vain? 

13 This is the portion of a wicked man 
with God, and the heritage of oppressors, 
which they shall receive of the Almighty. 

14 If his children be multiplied, it is for 
the sword: and his offspring shall not be 
satisfied with bread. 

15 Those that remain of him shall be 
buried in death: and his widows shall not 
weep. 

16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, 
and prepare raiment as the clay; 

17 He may prepare it, but the just shall 



job. 53 

put it on, and the innocent shall divide the 
silver. 

19 The rich man shall lie down, but he 
shall not be gathered : he openeth his eyes, 
and he is not. 

20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, 
a tempest stealeth him away in the night. 

CHAPTER XXVIII. 

7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth, 
and which the vulture's eye hath not 
seen: 

8 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, 
nor the fierce lion passed by it. 

9 He putteth forth his hand upon the 
rock; he overturneth the mountains by the 
roots. 

10 He cutteth out rivers among the 
rocks; and his eye seeth every precious 
thing. 

11 He bindeth the floods from overflow- 
ing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he 
forth to light. 

12 But where shall wisdom be found? 
and where is the place of understanding? 



54 job. 

13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; 
neither is it found in the land of the living. 

14 The depth saith, It is not in me: and 
the sea saith, It is not with me. 

15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither 
shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. 

16 It cannot be valued with the gold of 
Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sap- 
phire. 

17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal 
it: and the exchange of it shall not be for 
jewels of fine gold. 

18 No mention shall be made of coral, 
or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is 
above rubies. 

19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal 
it, neither shall it be valued with pure 
gold. 

20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and 
where is the place of understanding? 

23 God understandeth the way thereof, 
and he knoweth the place thereof. 

28 And unto man he saith, Behold, the 
fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to 
depart from evil is understanding. 



job. 55 



CHAPTER XXIX. 

Moreover Job continued his parable, 
and said, 

2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in 
the days token God preserved me; 

3 When his candle shined upon my head, 
and when by his light I walked through dark- 
ness; 

7 AVhen I went out to the gate through 
the city, when I prepared my seat in the 
street ! 

12 Because I delivered the poor that 
cried, and the fatherless, and him that had 
none to help him. 

14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed 
me: my judgment was as a robe and a 
diadem. 

15 I was eyes to the -blind, and feet was 
I to the lame. 

16 I was a father to the poor: and the 
cause which I knew not I searched out. 

19 My root was spread out by the waters, 
and the dew lay all night upon my branch. 



56 job. 



CHAPTER XXXI. 

5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my 
foot hath hasted to deceit; 

6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, 
that God may know mine integrity. 

7 If my step hath turned out of the way, 
and mine heart walked after mine eyes, 
and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands ; 

8 Then let me sow, and let another eat; 
yea, let my offspring be rooted out. 

16 If I have withheld the poor from their 
desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow 
to fail; 

17 Or have eaten my morsel myself 
alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten 
thereof; 

19 If I have seen any perish for want of 
clothing, or any poor without covering; 

20 If his loins have not blessed me, and 
if he were not warmed with the fleece of 
my sheep; 

22 Then let mine arm fall from my shoul- 
der blade, and mine arm be broken from 
the bone. 



job. 57 

24 If I have made gold my hope, or have 
said to the fine gold, Thou art my confi- 
dence; 

25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was 
great, and because mine hand had gotten 
much; 

26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or 
the moon walking in brightness; 

27 And my heart hath been secretly en- 
ticed, or my mouth hath kissed my 
hand: 

28 This also were an iniquity to be pun- 
ished by the judge; for I should have denied 
the God that is above. 

35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, 
my desire is, that the Almighty would an- 
swer me, and that mine adversary had writ- 
ten a book. 

38 If my land cry against me, or that the 
furrows likewise thereof complain ; 

39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof 
without money, or have caused the owners 
thereof to lose their life: 

40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, 
and cockle instead of barley. 



58 job. 

CHAPTER XXXV. 

Elihu spake moreover, and said, 

2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that 
thou saidst, My righteousness is more than 
God's? 

3 For thou saidst, What advantage will 
it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I 
have, if I be cleansed from my sin? 

4 I will answer thee, and thy compan- 
ions with thee. 

5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and be- 
hold the clouds tohich are higher than thou. 

6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou 
against him? or if thy transgressions be 
multiplied, what doest thou unto him? 

7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou 
him? or what receiveth he of thine hand? 

8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou 
art; and thy righteousness may profit the 
son of man. 

9 By reason of the multitude of oppres- 
sions they make the oppressed to cry: they 
cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty. 

10 But none saith, Where is God my 
maker, who giveth songs in the night; 



job. 59 

11 Who teacheth us more than the 
beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser 
than the fowls of heaven? 

13 Surely God will not hear vanity, nei- 
ther will the Almighty regard it. 

CHAPTER XXXVII. 

5 God thundereth marvellously with his 
voice; great things doeth he, which we can- 
not comprehend. 

6 For he saith to the snow, Be thou on 
the earth; likewise to the small rain, and 
to the great rain of his strength. 

9 Out of the south cometh the whirl- 
wind: and cold out of the north. 

10 By the breath of God frost is given: 
and the breadth of the waters is straitened. 

11 Also by watering he wearieth the 
thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud: 

14 Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still 
and consider the wondrous works of God. 

16 Dost thou know the balancings of 
the clouds, the wondrous works of him 
which is perfect in knowledge? 

IT How thy garments are warm, when he 
quieteth the earth by the south wind? 



60 job. 

18 Hast thou with him spread out the 
sky, which is strong, and as a molten look- 
ing glass? 

19 Teach us what we shall say unto him; 
for we cannot order our speech by reason of 
darkness. 

21 And now men see not the bright light 
which is in the clouds: but the wind pass- 
eth, and cleanseth them. 

22 Fair weather cometh out of the north: 
with God is terrible majesty. 

CHAPTER XXXVIII. 

Then the Lord answered Job out of the 
the whirlwind, and said, 

2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by 
words without knowledge? 

3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I 
will demand of thee, and answer thou me. 

4 Where wast thou when I laid the foun- 
dations of the earth? declare, if thou hast 
understanding. 

5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if 
thou knowest? or who hath stretched the 
line upon it? 



JOB. 61 

6 Whereupon are the foundations there- 
of fastened? or who laid the corner stone 
thereof; 

7 When the morning stars sang to- 
gether, and all the sons of God shouted for 

joy? 

8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, 
when it brake forth, as if it had issued out 
of the womb? 

9 When I made the cloud the garment 
thereof, and thick darkness a swaddling 
band for it, 

10 And brake up for it my decreed place, 
and set bars and doors, 

11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, 
but no further: and here shall thy proud 
waves be stayed? 

12 Hast thou commanded the morning 
since thy days; and caused the dayspring 
to know his place; 

13 That it might take hold of the ends of 
the earth, that the wicked might be shaken 
out of it? 

14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and 
they stand as a garment. 

15 And from the wicked their light is 



62 . job. 

withholden, and the high arm shall 
broken. 

16 Hast thou entered into the springs of 
the sea? or hast thou walked in the search 
of the depth? 

17 Have the gates of death been opened 
unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of 
the shadow of death? 

18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of 
the earth? declare if thou knowest it all. 



CHAPTEE XXXVIII. 

19 Where is the way ichere light dwell- 
eth? and as for darkness, where is the place 
thereof, 

20 That thou shouldest take it to the 
bound thereof, and that thou shouldest 
know the paths to the house thereof? 

21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast 
then born? or because the number of thy 
days is great? 

22 Hast thou entered into the treasures 
of the snow? or hast thou seen the treas- 
ures of the hail? 

24 By w T hat way is the light parted, 



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which scattereth the east wind upon the 
earth? 

25 Who hath divided a watercourse for 
the overflowing of waters, or a way for the 
lightning of thunder; 

26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where 
no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there 
is no man; 

27 To satisfy the desolate and waste 
ground; and to cause the bud of the tender 
herb to spring forth? 

28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath 
begotten the drops of dew? 

31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences 
of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? 

32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in 
his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus 
with his sons? 

33 Knowest thou the ordinances of 
heaven? canst thou set the dominion there- 
of in the earth? 

34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the 
clouds, that abundance of waters may 
cover thee? 

35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they 
may go, and say unto thee, Here we are? 



61 job. 

36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward 
parts? or who hath given understanding to 
the heart? 

11 Who provideth for the raven his food? 
when his young ones cry unto God, they 
wander for lack of meat. 

CHAPTER XXXIX. 

13 Go vest thou the goodly wings unto the 
peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the 
ostrich 9 

14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, 
and warmeth them in the dust, 

15 And forgetteth that the foot may 
crush them, or that the wild beasts may 
break them. 

16 She is hardened against her young 
ones, as though they were not hers: her la- 
bour is in vain without fear; 

17 Because God hath deprived her of 
wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her 
understanding. 

18 What time she lifteth up herself on 
high, she scorneth the horse and his rider. 

19 Hast thou given the horse strength? 
hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? 



job. 65 

20 Canst thou make him afraid as a 
grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is ter- 
rible. 

21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoic- 
eth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the 
armed men. 

22 He moeketh at fear, and is not af- 
frighted; neither turneth he back from the 
sword. 

23 The quiver rattleth against him, the 
glittering spear and the shield. 

24 He swalloweth the ground with 
fierceness and rage: neither believeth he 
that it is the sound of the trumpet. 

25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha! 
and he smelleth the battle afar off, the 
thunder of the captains, and the shouting. 

26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and 
stretch her wings toward the south? 

27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy com- 
mand, and make her nest on high? 

28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, 
upon the crag of the rock, and the strong 
place. 



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06 PSALMS. 



PSALMS. 






PSALM I. 

Blessed is the man that walketh not in 
the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in 
the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat 
of the scornful. 

2 But his delight is in the law of the 
Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day 
and night. 

3 And he shall be like a tree planted by 
the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his 
fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not 
wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall pros- 
per. 

4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the 
chaff which the wind driveth away. 

5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand 
in the judgment, nor sinners in the congre- 
gation of the righteous. 

6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the 
righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall 
perish. 



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PSALM II. 

Why do the heathen rage, and the people 
imagine a vain thing? 

2 The kings of the earth set themselves, 
and the rulers take counsel together, 
against the Lord, and against his Anointed, 
saying, 

3 Let us break their bands asunder, and 
cast away their cords from us. 

4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall 
laugh: the Lord shall have them in de- 
rision. 

5 Then shall he speak unto them in his 
wrath, and vex them in his sore displeas- 
ure. 

6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy 
hill of Zion. 

7 I will declare the decree: the Lord 
hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this 
day have I begotten thee. 

8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the 
heathen for thine inheritance, and the ut- 
termost parts of the earth for thy posses- 
sion. 

9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of 



68 PSALMS. 

iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a 
potter's vessel. 

10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: 
be instructed, ye judges of the earth. 

11 Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice 
with trembling. 

12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye 
perish from the way, when his wrath is kin- 
dled but a little. Blessed are all they that 
put their trust in him. 

PSALM V. 

Give ear to my words, O Lord; consider 
my meditation. 

2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my 
King, and my God: for unto thee will I 
pray. 

3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morn- 
ing, O Lord; in the morning will I direct 
my prayer unto thee, and will look up. 

4 For thou art not a God that hath pleas- 
ure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell 
with thee. 

5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: 
thou hatest all workers of iniquity. 

8 Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness 



PSALMS. 69 

because of mine enemies; make thy way 
straight before my face. 

9 For there is no faithfulness in their 
mouth; their inward part is very wicked- 
ness; their throat is an open sepulchre; 
they flatter with their tongue. 

10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them 
fall by their own counsels; cast them out 
in the multitude of their transgressions; 
for they have rebelled against thee. 

11 But let all those that put their trust 
in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, 
because thou def endest them : let them also 
that love thy name be joyful in thee. 

12 For thou, Lord, wilt bless the right- 
eous; with favour wilt thou compass him as 
with a shield. 

PSALM VIII. 

O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy 
name in all the earth! who hast set thy 
glory above the heavens. 

2 Out of the mouth of babes and suck- 
lings hast thou ordained strength because 
of thine enemies, that thou mightest still 
the enemy and the avenger. 



70 PSALMS. 

3 AVhen I consider thy heavens, the 
work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, 
which thou hast ordained; 

4 What is man, that thou art mindful of 
him? and the son of man, that thou visitest 
him? 

5 For thou hast made him a little lower 
than the angels, and hast crowned him 
with glory and honour. 

6 Thou madest him to have dominion 
over the works of thy hands; thou hast put 
all tilings under his feet: 

7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts 
of the field; 

8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the 
sea, and whatsoever passeth through the 
paths of the seas. 

9 O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy 
name in all the earth! 



PSALMS XIV, XV, XVI. 

The fool hath said in his heart, There is 
no God. They are corrupt, they have done 
abominable works, there is none that doeth 
good. 



PSALMS. 71 

2 The Lord looked down from heaven 
upon the children of men, to see if there 
were any that did understand, and seek 
God. 

3 They are all gone aside, they are all 
together become filthy: there is none that 
doeth good, no, not one. 

4 Have all the workers of iniquity no 
knowledge? who eat up my people as 
they eat bread, and call not upon the 
Lord. 

Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? 
who shall dwell in thy holy hill? 

2 He that walketh uprightly, and work- 
eth righteousness, and speaketh the truth 
in his heart. 

3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, 
nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh 
up a reproach against his neighbour. 

4 In whose eyes a vile person is con- 
temned; but he honoureth them that fear 
the Lord. He that sweareth to his own 
hurt, and changeth not. 

5 The Lord is the portion of mine in- 
heritance and of my cup : thou maintainest 
my lot. 



72 PSALMS. 

6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant 
places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. 

9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my 
glory rejoiceth: niy flesh also shall rest in 
hope. 

11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in 
thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right 
hand there are pleasures for evermore. 

PSALM XVIII. 

1 will love thee, O Lord, my strength. 

2 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, 
and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in 
whom I will trust; my buckler, and the 
horn of my salvation, and my high tower. 

3 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy 
to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine 
enemies. 

4 The sorrows of death compassed me, 
and the floods of ungodly men made me 
afraid. 

5 The sorrows of hell compassed me 
about: the snares of death prevented me. 

6 In my distress I called upon the Lord, 
and cried unto my God : he heard my 



PSALMS. 73 

voice out of his temple, and my cry came 
before him, even into his ears. 

7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the 
foundations also of the hills moved and 
were shaken, because he was wroth. 

8 There went up a smoke out of his nos- 
trils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: 
coals were kindled by it. 

9 He bowed the heavens also, and came 
down : and darkness was under his feet. 

10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did 
fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the 
wind. 

11 He made darkness his secret place; 
his pavilion round about him were dark 
waters and thick clouds of the skies. 

24 Therefore hath the Lord recompensed 
me according to my righteousness, accord- 
ing to the cleanness of my hands in his eye- 
sight. 

25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thy- 
self merciful; with an upright man thou 
wilt shew thyself upright; 

26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself 
pure; and with the fro ward thou wilt shew 
thyself froward. 



74 PSALMS. 

PSALM XIX. 

The heavens declare the glory of God; 
and the firmament sheweth his handywork. 

2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and 
night unto night sheweth knowledge. 

3 There is no speech nor language, where 
their voice is not heard. 

4 Their line is gone out through all the 
earth, and their words to the end of the 
world. In them hath he set a tabernacle 
for the sun, 

5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out 
of his chamber, mid rejoiceth as a strong 
man to run a race. 

6 His going forth is from the end of the 
heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: 
and there is nothing hid from the heat 
thereof. 

7 The law of the Lord is perfect, convert- 
ing the soul : the testimony of the Lord is 
sure, making wise the simple. 

8 The statutes of the Lord are right, re- 
joicing the heart: the commandment of the 
Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. 

9 The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring 



PSALMS. 75 

for ever: the judgments of the Lord are 
true and righteous altogether. 

10 More to be desired are they than gold, 
yea, than much fine gold : sweeter also than 
honey and the honeycomb. 

11 Moreover by them is thy servant 
warned: and in keeping of them there is 
great reward. 

12 Who can understand his errors? 
cleanse thou me from secret faults, 

13 Keep back thy servant also from pre- 
sumptuous sins; let them not have domin- 
ion over me: then shall I be upright, and I 
shall be innocent from the great transgres- 
sion. 

14 Let the words of my mouth and the 
meditation of my heart, be acceptable in 
thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my re- 
deemer. 

PSALMS XXIII, XXIV, XXV. 

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not 
want. 

2 He maketh me to lie down in green 
pastures: he leadeth me beside the still 
waters. 



76 PSALMS. 

3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me 
in the paths of righteousness for his name's 
sake. 

4 Yea, though I walk through the valley 
of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: 
for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff 
they comfort me. 

5 Thou preparest a table before me in 
the presence of mine enemies: thou anoint- 
est my head with oil; my cup runneth over. 

6 Surely goodness and mercy shall fol- 
low me all the days of my life: and I will 
dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. 

The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness 
thereof; the world, and they that dwell 
therein. 

2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, 
and established it upon the floods. 

3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the 
Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place? 

4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure 
heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto 
vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. 

4 Shew me thy ways, O Lord ; teach me 
thy paths. 

5 Lead me in thv truth, and teach me: 



PSALMS. 77 

for thou art the God of my salvation; on 
thee do I wait all the day. 

10 All the paths of the Lord are mercy 
and truth unto such as keep his covenant 
and his testimonies. 

PSALM XXXIV. 

12 What man is he that desireth life, and 
loveth many days, that he may see good? 

13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy 
lips from speaking guile. 

14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek 
peace, and pursue it. 

15 The eyes of the Lord are upon the 
righteous, and his ears are open unto their 
cry. 

16 The face of the Lord is against them 
that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of 
them from the earth. 

17 The righteous cry, and the Lord hear- 
eth, and delivereth them out of all their 
troubles. 

18 The Lord is nigh unto them that are 
of a broken heart; and saveth such as be 
of a contrite spirit. 

19 Many arc the afflictions of the right- 



78 PSALMS. 

eous: but the Lord delivereth him out of 
them all. 

20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of 
them is broken. 

21 Evil shall slay the wicked : and they 
that hate the righteous shall be desolate. 

22 The Lord redeemeth the soul of his 
servants: and none of them that trust in 
him shall be desolate. 



PSALM XXXVII. 

3 Trust in the Lord, and do good; so 
shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily 
thou shalt be fed. 

4 Delight thyself also in the Lord; and 
he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. 

5 Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust 
also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. 

6 And he shall bring forth thy righteous- 
ness as the light, and thy judgment as the 
noonday. 

7 Eest in the Lord, and wait patiently 
for him: fret not thyself because of him 
who prospereth in his way, because of the 
man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. 



PSALMS. 79 

8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: 
fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. 

16 A little that a righteous man hath is 
better than the riches of many wicked. 

23 The steps of a good man are ordered 
by the Lord : and he delighteth in his way. 

24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly 
cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him 
with his hand. 

25 I have been young, and now am old; 
yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, 
nor his seed begging bread. 

PSALM XXXIX. 

4 Lord, make me to know mine end, and 
the measure of my days, what it is; that I 
may know how frail I am. 

5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an 
handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing 
before thee: verily every man at his best 
state is altogether vanity. 

6 Surely every man walketh in a vain 
shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he 
heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who 
shall gather them. 



80 PSALMS. 

10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I 
am consumed by the blow of thine hand. 

11 When thou with rebukes dost correct 
man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty 
to consume away like a moth: surely every 
man is vanity. 

12 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give 
ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my 
tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a 
sojourner, as all my fathers were. 

13 O spare me, that I may recover 
strength, before I go hence, and be no more. 

PSALMS XLI, XLII, XLVL 

Blessed is he that considereth the poor: 
the Lord will deliver him in time of 
trouble. 

2 The Lord will preserve him, and keep 
him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the 
earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto 
the will of his enemies. 

As the hart panteth after the water 
brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O 
God. 

2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the 



PSALMS. 81 

living God: when shall I come and appear 
before God? 

6 O my God, my soul is cast down within 
me: therefore will I remember thee from 
the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, 
from the hill Mizar. 

7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of 
thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy 
billows are gone over me. 

God is our refuge and strength, a very 
present help in trouble. 

2 Therefore will not we fear, though the 
earth be removed, and though the moun- 
tains be carried into the midst of the sea; 

3 Though the waters thereof roar and be 
troubled, though the mountains shake with 
the swelling thereof. 

4 There is a river, the streams whereof 
shall make glad the city of God, the holy 
place of the tabernacles of the most High. 

5 God is in the midst of her; she shall 
not be moved: God shall help her, and that 
right early. 

10 Be still, and know that I am God: I 
will be exalted among the heathen, I will 
be exalted in the earth. 

Wi. Bi.-6. 



?2 PSALMS. 

11 The Lord of L tsts s with us; the God 
of Jacob is our refuge. 

PSALM LIIL 

The fool hath said in his heart. The 
no God. Corrupt are they, and have done 
abominable iniquity: g none that 

doeth good. 

2 God looked down from heaven upon 
the children of men. to see if there were a 
that did understand, that did seek God. 

3 Every one of them is gone back: they 
are altogether become filthy: > none 
that doeth good. no. not one. 

-4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowl- 
edge? who eat up my people as they eat 
bread: they have not called upon God. 

5 There were they in great fear. 

no fear was: for God hath scattered the 
bones of him that encarnpeth H thee: 

thou hast put the to shame, because God 
hath despised them. 

6 Oh that the salvation of Israel 
come out of Zion! When God bringeth back 
the captivity of his people. Jacob shall 
rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. 



PSALMS. 83 



PSALM LXIL 

5 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for 
my expectation is from him. 

6 He only is my rock and my salvation: 
he is my defence; I shall not be moved. 

7 In God is my salvation and my glory: 
the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is 
in God. 

8 Trust in him at all times; ye people, 
pour out your heart before him: God is a 
refuge for us. 

9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, 
and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid 
in the balance, they are altogether lighter 
than vanity. 

10 Trust not in oppression, and become 
not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set 
not your heart upon them. 

11 God hath spoken once; twice have 
I heard this; that power belongeth unto 
God. 

12 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth 
mercy: for thou renderest to every man 
according to his work. 



84 PSALMS. 

PSALM LXV. 

4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, 
and causest to approach unto thee, that he 
may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satis- 
fied with the goodness of thy house, even of 
thy holy temple. 

5 By terrible things in righteousness 
wilt thou answer us, O God of our salva- 
tion; who art the confidence of all the ends 
of the earth, and of them that are afar off 
upon the sea: 

6 Which by his strength setteth fast the 
mountains; being girded with power: 

7 Which stilleth the noise of the seas, 
the noise of their waves, and the tumult of 
the people. 

8 They also that dwell in the uttermost 
parts are afraid at thy tokens : thou makest 
the outgoings of the morning and evening 
to rejoice. 

9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: 
thou greatly enrichest it with the river of 
God, which is full of water: thou preparest 
them corn, when thou hast so provided for 
it. 



PSALMS. 85 

10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof 
abundantly: thou settlest the furrows 
thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: 
thou blessest the springing thereof. 

PSALM LXVIL 

God be merciful unto us, and bless us; 
and cause his face to shine upon us; 

2 That thy way may be known upon 
earth, thy saving health among all nations. 

3 Let the people praise thee, O God; let 
all the people praise thee. 

4 O let the nations be glad and sing for 
joy: for thou shalt judge the people right- 
eously, and govern the nations upon earth. 

5 Let the people praise thee, O God; let 
all the people praise thee. 

6 Then shall the earth yield her increase; 
and God, even our own God, shall bless us. 

7 God shall bless us; and all the ends of 
the earth shall fear him. 

PSALM LXXIL 

Give the king thy judgments, O God, and 
thy righteousness unto the king's son. 



86 PSALMS. 

2 He shall judge thy people with right- 
eousness, and thy poor with judgment. 

3 The mountains shall bring peace to the 
people, and the little hills, by righteous- 
ness. 

4 He shall judge the poor of the people, 
he shall save the children of the needy, and 
shall break in pieces the oppressor. 

5 They shall fear thee as long as the 
sun and moon endure, throughout all gen- 
erations. 

6 He shall come down like rain upon the 
mown grass: as showers that water the 
earth. 

7 In his days shall the righteous flour- 
ish; and abundance of peace so long as the 
moon endureth. 

8 He shall have dominion also from sea 
to sea, and from the river unto the ends of 
the earth. 

9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall 
bow before him; and his enemies shall lick 
the dust. 

10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles 
shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba 
and Seba shall offer gifts. 



PSALMS. 87 

14 He shall redeem their soul from de- 
ceit and violence: and precious shall their 
blood be in his sight. 

15 And he shall live, and to him shall be 
given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also 
shall be made for him continually; and 
daily shall he be praised. 

16 There shall be an handful of corn in 
the earth upon the top of the mountains; 
the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: 
and they of the city shall flourish like grass 
of the earth. 

PSALM LXXVI. 

In Judah is God known: his name is 
great in Israel. 

2 In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his 
dwelling place in Zion. 

3 There brake he the arrows of the bow, 
the shield, and the sword, and the battle. 

4 Thou art more glorious and excellent 
than the mountains of prey. 

5 The stouthearted are spoiled, they 
have slept their sleep : and none of the men 
of might have found their hands. 



88 PSALMS. 

6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both 
the chariot and horse are cast into a dead 
sleep. 

7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and 
who may stand in thy sight when once thou 
art angry? 

8 Thou didst cause judgment to be heard 
from heaven; the earth feared, and was 
still, 

9 When God arose to judgment, to save 
all the meek of the earth. 

10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise 
thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou 
restrain. 

11 Vow, and pay unto the Lord your 
God: let all that be round about him bring 
presents unto him that ought to be feared. 

12 He shall cut off the spirit of princes: 
he is terrible to the kings of the earth. 

PSALMS LXXVIII. 

2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I 
will utter dark sayings of old: 

3 Which we have heard and known, and 
our fathers have told us. 

4 We will not hide them from their chil- 



PSALMS. 89 

dren, shewing to the generation to come 
the praises of the Lord, and his strength, 
and his wonderful works that he hath 
done. 

5 For he established a testimony in Ja- 
cob, and appointed a law in Israel, which 
he commanded our fathers, that they 
should make them know T n to their children: 

6 That the generation to come might 
know them, even the children which should 
be born; icho should arise and declare them 
to their children: 

7 That they might set their hope in God, 
and not forget the works of God, but keep 
his commandments. 

9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, 
and carrying bows, turned back in the day 
of the battle. 

10 They kept not the covenant of God, 
and refused to walk in his law; 

11 And forgat his works, and his won- 
ders that he had shew r ed them. 

12 Marvellous things did he in the si jht 
of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the 
field of Zoan. 

13 He divided the sea, and caused them 



90 PSALMS. 

to pass through; and he made the waters 
to stand as a heap. 

14 In the daytime also he led them with 
a cloud, and all the night with a light of 
fire. 

15 He clave the rocks in the wilderness, 
and gave them drink as out of the great 
depths. 

16 He brought streams also out of the 
rock, and caused waters to run down like 
rivers. 

PSALM LXXXIV. 

How amiable are thy tabernacles, O 
Lord of hosts! 

2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for 
the courts of the Lord: my heart and my 
flesh crieth out for the living God. 

3 Yea, the sparrow hath found a house, 
and the swallow a nest for herself, where 
she may lay her young, even thine altars, O 
Lord of hosts, my King, and my God. 

4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy 
house: they will be still praising thee. 

5 Blessed is the man whose strength is 



PSALMS. 91 

in thee; in whose heart are the ways of 
them. 

6 Who passing through the valley of 
Baca make it a well; the rain also fllleth 
the pools. 

7 They go from strength to strength, 
every one of them in Zion appeareth before 
God. 

8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: 
give ear, O God of Jacob. 

9 Behold, O God our shield, and look 
upon the face of thine anointed. 

10 For a day in thy courts is better than 
a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper 
in the house of my God, than to dwell in 
the tents of wickedness. 

11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield: 
the Lord will give grace and glory: no 
good thing will he withhold from them that 
walk uprightly. 

12 O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man 
that trusteth in thee. 

PSALM LXXXVI. 

Bow down thine ear, O Lord, hear me: 
for I am poor and needy. 



92 PSALMS. 

2 Preserve my soul; for I am holy: 
thou my God, save thy servant that trust- 
eth in thee. 

3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord : for I cry 
unto thee daily. 

4 Eejoice the soul of thy servant: for 
unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. 

5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to 
forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all 
them that call upon thee. 

6 Give ear, O Lord, unto my prayer; and 
attend to the voice of my supplications. 

7 In the day of my trouble I will call 
upon thee: for thou wilt answer me. 

8 Among the gods there is none like unto 
thee, O Lord; neither are there any works 
like unto thy w^orks. 

9 All nations whom thou hast made shall 
come and worship before thee, O Lord; and 
shall glorify thy name. 

10 For thou art great, and doest won- 
drous things: thou art God alone. 

11 Teach me thy way, O Lord; I will 
walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear 
thy name. 

12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God 



PSALMS. 93 

with all my heart: and I will glorify thy 
name for evermore. 

13 For great is thy mercy toward me: 
and thou hast delivered my soul from the 
lowest hell. 

16 O turn unto me, and have mercy upon 
me; give thy strength unto thy servant, 
and save the son of thine handmaid. 

17 Shew me a token for good; that they 
which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: 
because thou, Lord, hast holpen me, and 
comforted me. 

PSALM XO. 

Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place 
in all generations. 

2 Before the mountains were brought 
forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth 
and the world, even from everlasting to 
everlasting, thou art God. 

3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and 
sayest, Keturn, ye children of men. 

4 For a thousand years in thy sight are 
but as yesterday when it is past, and as a 
watch in the night. 

5 Thou carriest them away as with a 



94 PSALMS. 

flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning 
they are like grass which groweth up. 

6 In the morning it flourisheth, and 
groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, 
and withereth. 

7 For we are consumed by thine anger, 
and by thy wrath are we troubled. 

8 Thou hast set our iniquities before 
thee, our secret sins in the light of thy 
countenance. 

9 For all our days are passed away in 
thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale 
that is told. 

10 The days of our years are threescore 
years and ten; and if by reason of strength 
they be fourscore years, yet is their strength 
labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, 
and we fly away. 

12 So teach us to number our days, that 
we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. 

PSALM XCI. 

He that dwelleth in the secret place 
of the Most High shall abide under the 
shadow of the Almighty. 



PSALMS. 95 

2 I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge 
and my fortress: my God; in him will I 
trust. 

3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the 
snare of the fowler, and from the noisome 
pestilence. 

4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, 
and under his wings shalt thou trust: his 
truth shall be thy shield and buckler. 

5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror 
by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by 
day; 

6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in 
darkness; nor for the destruction that 
wasteth at noonday. 

7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and 
ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall 
not come nigh thee. 

8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold 
and see the reward of the wicked. 

9 Because thou hast made the Lord, 
which is my refuge, even the Most High, thy 
habitation; 

10 There shall no evil befall thee, 
neither shall any plague come nigh thy 
dwelling. 



96 PSALMS. 

11 For he shall give his angels charge 
over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. 

12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, 
lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. 

13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and 
adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt 
thou trample under feet. 

14 Because he hath set his love upon me; 
therefore will I deliver him: I will set him 
on high, because he hath known my name. 

15 He shall call upon me, and I will 
answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I 
will deliver him, and honour him. 

16 With long life will I satisfy him, and 
shew him my salvation. 

PSALM XCIV. 

9 He that planted the ear, shall he not 
hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not 
see? 

10 He that chastiseth the heathen, shall 
not he correct? he that teacheth man 
knowledge, shall not he know? 

11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of 
man, that they are vanity. 

12 Blessed is the man whom thou chas- 



PSALMS. 97 

tenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of 
thy law; 

13 That thou mayest give him rest from 
the days of adversity, until the pit be 
digged for the wicked. 

14 For the Lord will not cast off his 
people, neither will he forsake his inherit- 
ance. 

15 But judgment shall return unto right- 
eousness : and all the upright in heart shall 
follow it. 

16 Who will rise up for me against the 
evil doers? or who will stand up for me 
against the workers of iniquity? 

17 Unless the Lord had been my help, my 
soul had almost dwelt in silence. 

18 When I said, My foot slippeth; thy 
mercy, O Lord, held me up. 

19 In the multitude of my thoughts 
within me thy comforts delight my soul. 

PSALM XCVII. 

The Lord reigneth; let the earth rejoice; 
let the multitude of isles be glad thereof. 
2 Clouds and darkness are round about 

Wi. Bi.— 7. 



98 PSALMS. 

him: righteousness and judgment are the 
habitation of his throne. 

3 A fire goeth before hini, and burneth 
up his enemies round about. 

4 His lightnings enlightened the world: 
the earth saw, and trembled. 

5 The hills melted like wax at the pres- 
ence of the Lord, at the presence of the 
Lord of the whole earth. 

6 The heavens declare his righteousness, 
and all the people see his glory. 

7 Confounded be all they that serve 
graven images, that boast themselves of 
idols: worship him, all ye gods. 

8 Zion heard, and was glad; and the 
daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy 
judgments, O Lord. 

9 For thou, Lord, art high above all the 
earth: thou art exalted far above all gods. 

10 Ye that love the Lord, hate evil: he 
preserveth the souls of his saints; he de- 
livereth them out of the hand of the 
wicked. 

11 Light is sown for the righteous, and 
gladness for the upright in heart. 

12 Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous; 



PSALMS. 99 

and give thanks at the remembrance of his 
holiness. 

PSALM cm. 

Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that 
is within me, bless his holy name. 

2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget 
not all his benefits: 

3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who 
healeth all thy diseases; 

4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruc- 
tion; who crowneth thee with loving kind- 
ness and tender mercies. 

8 The Lord is merciful and gracious, 
slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. 

9 He will not always chide: neither will 
he keep his anger for ever. 

10 He hath not dealt with us after our 
sins; nor rewarded us according to our in- 
iquities. 

11 For as the heaven is high above the 
earth, so great is his mercy toward them 
that fear him. 

12 As far as the east is from the west, so 
far hath he removed our transgressions 
from us. 



Life. 



100 PSALMS. 

13 Like as a father pitieth his children, 
so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. 

14 For he knoweth our frame; he remem- 
bereth that we are dust. 

15 As for man, his days are as grass : as a 
flower of the field, so he flourisheth. 

16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is 
gone; and the place thereof shall know it 
no more. 

17 But the mercy of the Lord is from 
everlasting to everlasting upon them that 
fear him, and his righteousness unto chil- 
dren's children; 

18 To such as keep his covenant, and to 
those that remember his commandments to 
do them. 

PSALM CIV. 

Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my 
God, thou are very great; thou art clothed 
with honour and majesty. 

2 Who coverest thyself with light as with 
a garment : who stretchest out the heavens 
like a curtain : 

3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers 
in the waters: who maketh the clouds his 



PSALMS. 101 

chariot: who walketh upon the wings of 
the wind : 

4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his 
ministers a flaming fire: 

5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, 
that it should not be removed for ever. 

6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with 
a garment: the waters stood above the 
mountains. 

7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of 
thy thunder they hasted away. 

10 He sendeth the springs into the val- 
leys, which run among the hills. 

13 He watereth the hills from his cham- 
bers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of 
thy works. 

14 He causeth the grass to grow for the 
cattle, and herb for the service of man: that 
he may bring forth food out of the earth; 

16 The trees of the Lord are full of mp ; 
the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath 
planted; 

17 Where the birds make their nests : as 
for the stork, the fir trees are her house. 

18 The high hills are a refuge for the 
wild goats; and the rocks for the conies. 



102 PSALMS. 

19 He appointed the moon for seasons: 
the sun knoweth his going down. 

20 Thou makest darkness, and it is 
night: wherein all the beasts of the forest 
do creep forth. 

22 The sun ariseth, they gather them- 
selves together, and lay them down in their 
dens. 

23 Man goeth forth unto his work and to 
his labour until the evening. 

PSALM CIV. 

24 O Lord, how manifold are thy works! 
in wisdom hast thou made them all: the 
earth is full of thy riches. 

25 So is this great and wide sea, wherein 
are things creeping innumerable, both 
small and great beasts. 

26 There go the ships : there is that levia- 
than, whom thou hast made to play therein. 

27 These wait all upon thee; that thou 
mayest give them their meat in due season. 

28 That thou givest them they gather: 
thou openest thine hand, they are filled 
with good. 

29 Thou hidest thy face, they are 






PSALMS. 103 

troubled: thou takest away their breath, 
they die, and return to their dust. 

30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they 
are created: and thou renewest the face of 
the earth. 

31 The glory of the Lord shall endure 
for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in his 
works. 

32 He looketh on the earth, and it 
trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they 
smoke. 

33 I will sing unto the Lord as long as I 
live: I will sing praise to my God while I 
have my being. 

34 My meditation of him shall be sweet: 
I will be glad in the Lord. 

PSALM OVII. 

23 They that go down to the sea in ships, 
that do business in great waters; 

24 These see the works of the Lord, and 
his wonders in the deep. 

25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the 
stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves 
thereof. 

26 They mount up to the heaven, they go 



104 PSALMS. 

down again to the depths: their soul is 
melted because of trouble. 

27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like 
a drunken man, and are at their wit's end. 

28 Then they cry unto the Lord in their 
trouble, and he bringeth them out of their 
distresses. 

29 He niaketh the storm a calm, so that 
the waves thereof are still. 

30 Then are they glad because they be 
quiet; so he bringeth them unto their de- 
sired haven. 

31 Oh that men would praise the Lord 
for his goodness, and for his wonderful 
works to the children of men! 

33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, 
and the watersprings into dry ground. 

35 He turneth the wilderness into a 
standing water, and dry ground into water- 
springs. 

36 And there he maketh the hungry to 
dwell, that they may prepare a city for 
habitation; 

37 And sow the fields, and plant vine- 
yards, which may yield fruits of increase. 

38 He blesseth them also, so that they 



PSALMS. 105 

are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not 
their cattle to decrease. 

PSALM CXV. 

Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but 
unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, 
and for thy truth's sake. 

2 Wherefore should the heathen say, 
Where is now their God? 

3 But our God is in the heavens : he hath 
done whatsoever he hath pleased. 

4 Their idols are silver and gold, the 
work of men's hands. 

5 They have mouths, but they speak not : 
eyes have they, but they see not : 

6 They have ears, but they hear not: 
noses have they, but they smell not: 

7 They have hands, but they handle not: 
feet have they, but they walk not: neither 
speak they through their throat. 

8 They that make them are like unto 
them; so is every one that trusteth in them. 

9 O Israel, trust thou in the Lord : he is 
their help and their shield. 

15 Ye are blessed of the Lord which 
made heaven and earth. 



106 PSALMS. 

16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the 
Lord's: but the earth hath he given to the 
children of men. 

17 The dead praise not the Lord, neither 
any that go down into silence. 

18 But we will bless the Lord from this 
time forth and for evermore. Praise the 
Lord. 

PSALM CXVIII. 

O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is 
good: because his mercy endureth for ever. 

2 Let Israel now say, that his mercy en- 
dureth for ever. 

3 Let the house of Aaron now say, that 
his mercy endureth for ever. 

4 Let them now that fear the Lord say, 
that his mercy endureth for ever. 

5 I called upon the Lord in distress: the 
Lord answered me, and set me in a large 
place. 

8 It is better to trust in the Lord than to 
put confidence in man. 

9 It is better to trust in the Lord than 
to put confidence in princes. 

10 All nations compassed me about: but 



PSALMS. 107 

in the name of the Lord will I destroy 
them. 

12 They compassed me about like bees; 
they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for 
in the name of the Lord I will destroy 
them. 

14 The Lord is my strength and song, 
and is become my salvation. 

22 The stone which the builders refused 
is become the head stone of the corner. 

23 This is the Lord's doing; it is mar- 
vellous in our eyes. 

24 This is the day which the Lord hath 
made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. 

PSALM CXXI. 

1 will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, 
from whence cometh my help. 

2 My help cometh from the Lord, which 
made heaven and earth. 

3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved : 
he that keepeth thee will not slumber. 

4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall 
neither slumber nor sleep. 

5 The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is 
thy shade upon thy right hand. 



108 PSALMS. 

6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, 
nor the moon by night. 

7 The Lord shall preserve thee from 
all evil : he shall preserve thy soul. 

8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out 
and thy coming in from this time forth, 
and even for evermore. 

PSALMS CXXV, CXXVI, CXXVII, 
CXXXIII. 

They that trust in the Lord shall be as 
mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but 
abideth for ever. 

2 As the mountains are round about 
Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his 
people from henceforth even for ever. 

3 For the rod of the wicked shall not 
rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the 
righteous put forth their hands unto in- 
iquity. 

4 Do good, O Lord, unto those that be 
good, and to them that are upright in their 
hearts. 

6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, 
bearing precious seed, shall doubtless 



PSALMS. 109 

come again with rejoicing, bringing his 
sheaves with him. 

Except the Lord build the house, they 
labour in vain that build it: except the 
Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh 
but in vain. 

Behold, how good and how pleasant it 
is for brethren to dwell together in unity! 

2 It is like the precious ointment upon 
the head, that ran down upon the beard, 
even Aaron's beard: that went down to the 
skirts of his garments; 

3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew 
that descended upon the mountains of 
Zion; for there the Lord commanded the 
blessing, even life for evermore. 

PSALM CXXXVI. 

O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is 
good: for his mercy endureth for ever. 

2 O give thanks unto the God of gods : for 
his mercy endureth for ever. 

3 O give thanks to the Lord of lords : for 
his mercy endureth for ever. 

4 To him who alone doeth great won- 
ders: for his mercy endureth for ever. 



110 PSALMS. 

5 To him that by wisdom made the 
heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever. 

6 To him that stretched out the earth 
above the waters: for his mercy endureth 
for ever. 

7 To him that made great lights: for his 
mercy endureth for ever: 

8 The sun to rule by day: for his mercy 
endureth for ever: 

9 The moon and stars to rule by night: 
for his mercy endureth for ever. 

13 To him which divided the Red sea 
into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever: 

14 And made Israel to pass through the 
midst of it: for his mercy endureth for 
ever: 

15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host 
in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for 
ever. 

16 To him which led his people through 
the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for 
ever. 

23 Who remembered us in our low es- 
tate: for his mercy endureth for ever: 

24 And hath redeemed us from our ene- 
mies : for his mercy endureth for ever. 



PSALMS. Ill 

25 Who giveth food to all flesh: for his 
mercy endureth for ever. 

26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven : 
for his mercy endureth for ever. 

PSALM CXXXIX. 

O Lord, thou hast searched me, and 
known me. 

2 Thou knowest my downsitting and 
mine uprising; thou understandest my 
thought afar off. 

3 Thou compassest my path and my lying 
down, and are acquainted with all my ways, 
t 4 For there is not a word in my tongue, 

but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. 

5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, 
and laid thine hand upon me. 

6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for 
me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. 

7 Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? or 
whither shall I flee from thy presence? 

8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art 
there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, 
thou art there. 

9 If I take the wings of the morning, and 
dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; 



112 PSALMS. 

10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, 
and thy right hand shall hold me. 

11 If I say, Surely, the darkness shall 
cover me; even the night shall be light 
about me. 

12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from 
thee; but the night shineth as the day: the 
darkness and the light are both alike to 
thee. 

17 How precious also are thy thoughts 
unto me, O God! how great is the sum of 
them! 

18 // I should count them, they are more 
in number than the sand: when I awake, I 
am still with thee. 

23 Search me, O God, and know my 
heart: try me, and know my thoughts: 

24 And see if there be any wicked way in 
me, and lead me in the way everlasting. 

PSALM CXLVII. 

2 The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: 
he gathereth together the outcasts of 
Israel. 

3 He healeth the broken in heart, and 
bindeth up their wounds. 



PSALMS. 113 

4 He telleth the number of the stars: he 
calleth them all by their names. 

5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: 
his. understanding is infinite. 

8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, 
who prepareth rain for the earth, who 
maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. 

9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to 
the young ravens which cry. 

10 He delighteth not in the strength of 
the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the 
legs of a man. 

11 The Lord taketh pleasure in them 
that fear him, in those that hope in his 
mercy. 

16 He giveth snow like wool: he scatter- 
eth the hoar frost like ashes. 

17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: 
who can stand before his cold? 



Wi. Bi.— 8 



114 PROVERBS. 



PROVERBS. 



CHAPTER I. 

5 A wise man will hear, and will increase 
learning; and a man of understanding 
shall attain unto wise counsels: 

6 To understand a proverb, and the in- 
terpretation; the words of the wise, and 
their dark sayings. 

7 jf The fear of the Lord is the begin- 
ning of knowledge: but fools despise wis- 
dom and instruction. 

8 My son, hear the instruction of thy 
father, and forsake not the law of thy 
mother: 

9 For they shall be an ornament of grace 
unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. 

10 U My son, if sinners entice thee, con- 
sent thou not. 

15 My son, walk not thou in the way 
with them; refrain thy foot from their 
path: 



PROVERBS. 115 

16 For their feet run to evil, and make 
haste to shed blood. 

17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the 
sight of any bird. 

18 And they lay wait for their own blood; 
they lurk privily for their own lives. 

19 So are the ways of every one that is 
greedy of gain; which taketh away the life 
of the owners thereof. 

20 fl Wisdom crieth without; she utter- 
eth her voice in the streets: 

21 She crieth in the chief place of con- 
course, in the openings of the gates : in the 
city she uttereth her words. 

CHAPTER III. 

13 J[ Happy is the man that flndeth wis- 
dom, and the man that getteth understand- 
ing: 

14 For the merchandise of it is better 
than the merchandise of silver, and the 
gain thereof than fine gold. 

15 She is more precious than rubies : and 
all the things thou canst desire are not to 
be compared unto her. 



116 PROVERBS. 

16 Length of days is in her right hand; 
and in her left hand riches and honour. 

17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, 
and all her paths are peace. 

18 She is a tree of life to them that lay 
hold upon her: and happy is every one that 
retaineth her. 

19 The Lord by wisdom hath founded 
the earth; by understanding hath he estab- 
lished the heavens. 

20 By his knowledge the depths are 
broken up, and the clouds drop down the 
dew. 

21 ff My son, let not them depart from 
thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discre- 
tion: 

22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, 
and grace to thy neck. 

23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way 
safely, and thy foot shall not stumble. 

24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not 
be afraid : yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy 
sleep shall be sweet. 

25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither 
of the desolation of the wicked, when it 
Cometh. 



PROVERBS. 117 

26 For the Lord shall be thy confidence, 
and shall keep thy foot from being taken. 

CHAPTER IV. 

5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget 
it not; neither decline from the words of 
my mouth. 

6 Forsake her not, and she shall pre- 
serve thee: love her, and she shall keep 
thee. 

7 Wisdom is the principal thing; there- 
fore get wisdom: and with all thy getting 
get understanding. 

8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee : 
she shall bring thee to honour, when thou 
dost embrace her. 

9 She shall give to thine head an orna- 
ment of grace: a crown of glory shall she 
deliver to thee. 

10 Hear, O my son, and receive my say- 
ings; and the years of thy life shall be 
many. 

11 I have taught thee in the way of wis- 
dom ; I have led thee in right paths. 

12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not 



118 PROVERBS. 

be straitened; and when thou runnest, 
thou shalt not stumble. 

13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her 
not go: keep her; for she is thy life. 

14 fl Enter not into the path of the 
wicked, and go not in the w T ay of evil men. 

15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, 
and pass aw T ay. 

16 For they sleep not, except they have 
done mischief; and their sleep is taken 
away, unless they cause some to fall. 

17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, 
and drink the wine of violence. 

18 But the path of the just is as the shin- 
ing light, that shineth more and more unto 
the perfect day. 

CHAPTER VI. 

My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, 
if thou hast stricken thy hand with a 
stranger, 

2 Thou art snared with the w T ords of thy 
mouth, thou art taken with the words of 
thy mouth. 

3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thy- 
self, when thou art come into the hand of 



PROVERBS. 119 

thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make 
sure thy friend. 

4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor 
slumber to thine eyelids. 

5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand 
of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand 
of the fowler. 

6 j[ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; con- 
sider her ways, and be wise : 

7 Which having no guide, overseer, or 
ruler, 

8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and 
gathereth her food in the harvest. 

9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? 
when w 7 ilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 

10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a 
little folding of the hands to sleep : 

11 So shall thy poverty come as one that 
travelleth, and thy want as an armed 
man. 

16 ff These six things doth the Lord 
hate; yea, seven are an abomination unto 
him: 

17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and 
hands that shed innocent blood, 

18 A heart that deviseth wicked imag- 



120 PPwOVERBS. 

illations, feet that be swift in running to 
mischief, 

19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and 
he that soweth discord among brethren. 

20 J[ My son, keep thy father's com 
mandinent, and forsake not the law of thy 
mother: 

21 Bind them continually upon thine 
heart, and tie them about thy neck. 

22 When thou goest. it shall lead thee; 
when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and 
when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. 

23 For the commandment is a lamp; and 
the law is light; and reproofs of instruction 
are the way of life. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

Doth not wisdom cry? and understand- 
ing put forth her voice? 

2 She standeth in the top of high places, 
by the way in the places of the paths. 

3 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of 
the city, at the coming in at the doors: 

1 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice 
is to the sons of man. 



PROVERBS. 121 

5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, 
ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart. 

11 For wisdom is better than rubies; and 
all the things that may be desired are not 
to be compared to it. 

17 I love them that love me; and those 
that seek me early shall find me. 

18 Riches and honour are with me; yea, 
durable riches and righteousness. 

19 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than 
fine gold; and my revenue than choice 
silver. 

23 I was set up from everlasting, from 
the beginning, or ever the earth was. 

24 When there tcere no depths, I was 
brought forth ; when there ivere no fountains 
abounding with water. 

25 Before the mountains were settled, 
before the hills was I brought forth : 

26 While as yet he had not made the 
earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of 
the dust of the world. 

27 When he prepared the heavens, I was 
there: when he set a compass upon the face 
of the depth: 

28 When he established the clouds 



122 PROVERBS. 

above: when he strengthened the fountains 
of the deep : 

29 When he gave to the sea his decree, 
that the waters should not pass his com- 
mandment : when he appointed the founda- 
tions of the earth. 

33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and 
refuse it not. 

34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, 
watching daily at my gates, waiting at the 
posts of my doors. 

35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, 
and shall obtain favour of the Lord. 

CHAPTEK X. 

2 Treasures of wickedness profit noth- 
ing: but righteousness delivereth from 
death. 

3 The Lord will not suffer the soul of 
the righteous to famish: but he casteth 
away the substance of the wicked. 

4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a 
slack hand: but the hand of the diligent 
maketh rich. 

5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise 






PROVERBS. 123 

son : but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son 
that causeth shame. 

6 Blessings are upon the head of the just: 
but violence covereth the mouth of the 
wicked. 

7 The memory of the just is blessed: but 
the name of the wicked shall rot. 

8 The wise in heart will receive com- 
mandments: but a prating fool shall fall. 

9 He that walketh uprightly walketh 
surely: but he that perverteth his ways 
shall be known. 

10 He that winketh with the eye causeth 
sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall. 

11 The mouth of a righteous man is a 
well of life: but violence covereth the 
mouth of the wicked. 

12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love 
covereth all sins. 

13 In the lips of him that hath under- 
standing wisdom is found: but a rod is for 
the back of him that is void of understand- 
ing. 

14 Wise men lay up knowledge : but the 
mouth of the foolish is near destruction. 



121 PROVERBS. 



CHAPTER XII. 

Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowl- 
edge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. 

2 A good man obtaineth favour of the 
Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he 
condemn. 

3 A man shall not be established by 
wickedness: but the root of the righteous 
shall not be moved. 

4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her 
husband: but she that maketh ashamed is 
as rottenness in his bones. 

5 The thoughts of the righteous are 
right: but the counsels of the wicked are 
deceit. 

8 A man shall be commended according 
to his wisdom : but he that is of a perverse 
heart shall be despised. 

11 He that tilleth his land shall be satis- 
fied with bread: but he that followeth vain 
persons is void of understanding. 

15 The way of a fool is right in his 
own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto 
counsel is wise. 



PROVERBS. 125 

16 A fool's wrath is presently known: 
but a prudent man covereth shame. 

17 He that speaketh truth sheweth forth 
righteousness: but a false witness deceit. 

18 There is that speaketh like the pier- 
cings of a sword : but the tongue of the wise 
is health. 

19 The lip of truth shall be established 
for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a 
moment. 

20 Deceit is in the heart of them that im- 
agine evil: but to the counsellors of peace 
is joy. 

22 Lying lips are abomination to the 
Lord: but they that deal truly are his de- 
light. 

28 In the way of the righteous is life; 
and in the pathway thereof there is no death. 

CHAPTER XV. 

A soft answer turneth away wrath: 
but grievous w T ords stir up anger. 

2 The tongue of the wise useth knowl- 
edge aright: but the mouth of fools pour- 
eth out foolishness. 



126 PROVERBS. 

3 The eyes of the Lord are in every 
place, beholding the evil and the good. 

4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: 
but perverseness therein is & breach in the 
spirit. 

5 A fool despiseth his father's instruc- 
tion: but he that regardeth reproof is pru- 
dent. 

6 In the house of the righteous is much 
treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked 
is trouble. 

7 The lips of the wise disperse knowl- 
edge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not 
so. 

8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abom- 
ination to the Lord : but the prayer of the 
upright is his delight. 

9 The way of the wicked is an abomina- 
tion unto the Lord : but he loveth him that 
followeth after righteousness. 

10 Correction is grievous unto him that 
forsaketh the way: and he that hateth re- 
proof shall die. 

12 A scorner loveth not one that re- 
proveth him: neither will he go unto the 
wise. 



PROVERBS. 127 

13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful 
countenance: but by sorrow of the heart 
the spirit is broken. 

15 All the days of the afflicted are evil: 
but he that is of a merry heart hath a con- 
tinual feast. 



CHAPTER XVI. 

The preparations of the heart in man, 
and the answer of the tongue, is from the 
Lord. 

2 All the ways of a man are clean in his 
own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the 
spirits. 

3 Commit thy works unto the Lord, and 
thy thoughts shall be established. 

5 Every one that is proud in heart is an 
abomination to the Lord: though hand join 
in hand, he shall not be unpunished. 

6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged : 
and by the fear of the Lord men depart 
from evil. 

7 When a man's ways please the Lord, 
he maketh even his enemies to be at peace 
with him. 



128 PROVERBS. 

S Better is a little with righteousness, 
than great revenues without right. 

9 A man's heart cleviseth his way: but 
the Lord directeth his steps. 

16 How much better is it to get wisdom 
than gold! and to °;et understanding rather 
to be chosen than silver! 

IS Pride goeth before destruction, and a 
haughty spirit before a fall. 

25 There is a way that seemeth right 
unto a man, but the end thereof are the 
ways of death. 

32 He that is slow to anger is better than 
the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit 
than he that taketh a city. 

CHAPTER XX. 

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: 
and whosoever is deceived thereby is not 
wise. 

3 // is an honour for a man to cease from 
strife: but every fool will be meddling. 

i The sluggard will not plow by reason 
of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, 
and have nothing. 

5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep 



PROVERBS. 129 

water; but a man of understanding will 
draw it out. 

6 Most men will proclaim every one his 
own goodness: but a faithful man who can 
find? 

9 Who can say, I have made my heart 
clean, I am pure from my sin? 

11 Even a child is known by his doings, 
whether his work be pure, and whether it 
be right. 

13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to 
poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be 
satisfied with bread. 

15 There is gold, and a multitude of 
rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a 
precious jewel. 

21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily 
at the beginning; but the end thereof shall 
not be blessed. 

24 Man's goings arc of the Lord; how 
can a man then understand his own way? 

CHAPTER XXII. 

A good name is rather to be chosen than 
great riches, and loving favour rather than 
silver and gold. 

Wi. Bi.— 9. 



130 PROVERBS. 

2 The rich and poor meet together: the 
Lord is the maker of thein all. 

3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and 
hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and 
are punished. 

4 By humility and the fear of the Lord 
are riches, and honour, and life. 

5 Thorns and snares are in the way of 
the fro ward: he that doth keep his soul 
shall be far from them. 

6 Train up a child in the way he should 
go : and when he is old, he will not depart 
from it. 

7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the 
borrower is servant to the lender. 

8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap 
vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. 

9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be 
blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the 
poor. 

10 Cast out the scorner, and contention 
shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall 
cease. 

11 He that loveth pureness of heart, for 
the grace of his lips the king shall he his 
friend. 



PROVERBS. 131 

29 Seest thou a man diligent in his busi- 
ness? he shall stand before kings; he shall 
not stand before mean men. 



CHAPTER XXIII. 

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, 
consider diligently what is before thee. 

3 Be not desirous of his dainties : for they 
are deceitful meat. 

4 Labour not to be rich : cease from thine 
own wisdom. 

5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that 
which is not? for riches certainly make 
themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle 
toward heaven. 

12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, 
and thine ears to the words of knowledge. 

17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but 
he thou in the fear of the Lord all the day 
long. 

23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also 
wisdom, and instruction, and understand- 
ing. 

29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? 
who hath contentions? who hath babbling? 



132 PROVERBS. 

who hath wounds without cause? who hath 
redness of eyes? 

30 They that tarry long at the wine; they 
that go to seek mixed wine. 

31 Look not thou upon the wine when it 
is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, 
when it moveth itself aright. 

32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, 
and stinoeth like an adder. 



x & v 



CHAPTER XXV. 

4 Take away the dross from the silver, 
and there shall come forth a vessel for the 
finer, 

5 Take away the wicked from before the 
king, and his throne shall be established in 
righteousness. 

6 Put not forth thyself in the presence 
of the king, and stand not in the place of 
great men : 

7 For better it is that it be said unto 
thee, Come up hither; than that thou 
shouldest be put lower in the presence of 
the prince whom thine eyes have seen. 

8 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thorn 
know not what to do in the end thereof, 



PROVERBS. 133 

when thy neighbour hath put thee to 
shame. 

9 Debate thy cause with thy neighbour 
himself; and discover not a secret to an- 
other: 

11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of 
gold in pictures of silver. 

12 As an earring of gold, and an orna- 
ment of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon 
an obedient ear. 

20 As he that taketh away a garment in 
cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so 
is he that sinoeth songs to a heavv heart. 

21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him 
bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him 
water to drink: 

22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon 
his head, and the Lord shall reward thee. 

CHAPTEK XXVII. 

Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou 
knowest not what a day may bring forth. 

2 Let another man praise thee, and not 
thine own mouth ; a stranger, and not thine 
own lips. 

3 A stone is heavj r , and the sand 



134 PROVERBS. 

weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than 
them both. 

4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrage- 
ous; but who is able to stand before envy? 

5 Open rebuke is better than secret love. 

6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; 
but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. 

7 The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; 
but to the hungry soul every bitter thing 
is sweet. 

8 As a bird that wandereth from her 
nest, so is a man that wandereth from his 
place. 

9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the 
heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's 
friend by hearty counsel. 

10 Thine own friend, and thy father's 
friend, forsake not; neither go into thy 
brother's house in the day of thy calamity: 
for better is a neighbour that is near than a 
brother far off. 

12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and 
hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and 
are punished. 

17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharp- 
eneth the countenance of his friend. 



PROVERBS. 135 

CHAPTER XXVIII. 

13 He that covereth his sins shall not 
prosper: but whoso confesseth and for- 
saketh them shall have mercy. 

14 Happy is the man that feareth al- 
ways: but he that hardeneth his heart shall 
fall into mischief. 

18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be 
saved: but he that is perverse in his ways 
shall fall at once. 

19 He that tilleth his land shall have 
plenty of bread : but he that f olloweth after 
vain persons shall have poverty enough. 

20 A faithful man shall abound with 
blessings: but he that maketh haste to be 
rich shall not be innocent. 

21 To have respect of persons is not good : 
for, for a piece of bread that man will trans- 
gress. 

22 He that hasteth to be rich hath an 
evil eye, and considereth not that poverty 
shall come upon him. 

23 He that rebuketh a man, afterwards 
shall find more favour than he that flat- 
tereth with the tongue. 



136 PROVERBS. 

26 He that trusteth in his own heart is 
a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall 
be delivered. 

27 He that giveth unto the poor shall 
not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall 
have many a curse. 

CHAPTER XXX. 

4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or 
descended? who hath gathered the wind in 
his fists? who hath bound the waters in a 
garment? who hath established all the 
ends of the earth? what is his name, and 
what is his son's name, if thou canst tell? 

5 Every word of God is pure: he is a 
shield unto them that put their trust in 
him. 

7 Two things have I required of thee; 
deny me them not before I die: 

8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: 
give me neither poverty nor riches; feed 
me with food convenient for me. 

24 There be four things which are little 
upon the earth, but they are exceedingly 
wise: 



PROVERBS. 137 

25 The ants are a people not strong, yet 
they prepare their meat in the summer; 

26 The conies are but a feeble folk, yet 
make they their houses in the rocks; 

27 The locusts have no king, yet go they 
forth all of them by bands; 

28 The spider taketh hold with her 
hands, and is in kings' palaces. 

29 There be three things which go well, 
yea, four are comely in going : 

30 A lion which is strongest among 
beasts, and turneth not away for any; 

31 A greyhound; a he goat also; and a 
king, against whom there is no rising up. 

32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting 
up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, 
lay thy hand upon thy mouth. 

33 Surely the churning of milk bringeth 
forth butter, and the wringing of the nose 
bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of 
wrath bringeth forth strife. 



138 ECCLESIASTES. 



ECCLESIASTES* 



CHAPTEB I. 

3 What profit hath a man of all his 
labour which he taketh under the sun? 

4 One generation passeth away, and an- 
other generation cometh: but the earth 
abideth for ever. 

5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth 
down, and hasteth to his place where he 
arose. 

6 The wind goeth toward the south, and 
turneth about unto the north; it whirleth 
about continually, and the wind returneth 
again according to his circuits. 

7 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the 
sea is not full: unto the place from whence 
the rivers come, thither they return again. 

8 All things are full of labour; man can- 
not utter it: the eye is not satisfied with 
seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. 

9 The thing that hath been, it is that 
which shall be; and that which is done is 



ECCLESIASTES. 139 

that which shall be done: and there is no 
new thing under the sun. 

10 Is there any thing whereof it may be 
said, See, this is new? it hath been already 
of old time, which was before us. 

CHAPTER III. 

To every thing there is a season, and a 
time to every purpose under the heaven : 

2 A time to be born, and a time to die; 
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up 
that which is planted; 

3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a 
time to break down, and a time to build up ; 

4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; 
a time to mourn, and a time to dance; 

5 A time to cast away stones, and a time 
to gather stones together; a time to em- 
brace, and a time to refrain from em- 
bracing; 

6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a 
time to keep, and a time to cast away; 

7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a 
time to keep silence, and a time to speak ; 

8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a 
time of war, and a time of peace. 



140 ECCLESIASTES. 

9 What profit hath he that worketh in 
that wherein he laboureth? 

10 I have seen the travail, which God 
hath given to the sons of men to be exer- 
cised in it. 

11 He hath made every thing beautiful 
in his time: also he hath set the world in 
their heart, so that no man can find out the 
work that God niaketh from the beginning 
to the end. 

12 I know that there is no good in them, 
but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in 
his life. 

13 And also that every man should eat 
and drink, and enjoy the good of all his 
labour, it is the gift of God. 

11 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, 
it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to 
it, nor anv thing taken from it: and God 
doeth it, that men should fear before him. 

CHAPTER III. 

15 That which hath been is now; and 
that which is to be hath already been; and 
God requireth that which is past. 



ECCLESIASTES. 141 

16 f[ And moreover I saw under the sun 
the place of judgment, that wickedness was 
there; and the place of righteousness, that 
iniquity was there. 

17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge 
the righteous and the wicked: for there is 
a time there for every purpose and for every 
work. 

18 I said in mine heart concerning the 
estate of the sons of men, that God might 
manifest them, and that they might see 
that they themselves are beasts. 

19 For that which befalleth the sons of 
men befalleth beasts; even one thing be- 
falleth them : as the one dieth, so dieth the 
other; yea, they have all one breath; so 
that a man hath no preeminence above a 
beast : for all is vanity. 

20 All go unto one place; all are of the 
dust, and all turn to dust again. 

21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that 
goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast 
that goeth downward to the earth? 

22 Wherefore I perceive that there is 
nothing better, than that a man should 
rejoice in his own works; for that is his 



142 ECCLESIASTES. 

portion: for who shall bring him to see 
what shall be after him? 



CHAPTEK V. 

2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let 
not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing 
before God : for God is in heaven, and thou 
upon earth : therefore let thy words be few. 

3 For a dream cometh through the multi- 
tude of business; and a fooPs voice is known 
by multitude of words. 

4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, de- 
fer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in 
fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. 

5 Better is it that thou shouldest not 
vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not 
pay. 

8 fl If thou seest the oppression of the 
poor, and violent perverting of judgment 
and justice in a province, marvel not at the 
matter: for he that is higher than the high- 
est regardeth; and there be higher than they. 

9 ff Moreover the profit of the earth is 
for all: the king himself is served by the 
field. 



ECCLESIASTES. 143 

10 He that loveth silver shall not be 
satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth 
abundance with increase. This is also 
vanity. 

11 When goods increase, they are in- 
creased that eat them: and what good is 
there to the owners thereof, saving the be- 
holding of them with their eyes? 

12 The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, 
whether he eat little or much: but the 
abundance of the rich will not suffer him 
to sleep. 

13 There is a sore evil which I have seen 
under the sun, namely, riches kept for the 
owners thereof to their hurt. 

18 fl Behold that which I have seen: it is 
good and comely for one to eat and to drink, 
and to enjoy the good of all his labour that 
he taketh under the sun all the days of 
his life, which God giveth him: for it is 
his portion. 

19 Every man also to whom God hath 
given riches and wealth, and hath given 
him power to eat thereof, and to take his 
portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this 
is the gift of God. 



144 ECCLESIASTES. 



CHAPTER VII. 



A good name is better than precious 
ointment; and the day of death than the 
day of one's birth. 

2 fl It is better to go to the house of 
mourning, than to go to the house of feast- 
ing: for that is the end of all men; and the 
living will lay it to his heart. 

5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the 
wise, than for a man to hear the song of 
fools. 

8 Better is the end of a thing than the 
beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit 
is better than the proud in spirit. 

9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: 
for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. 

13 Consider the work of God: for who 
can make that straight, which he hath made 
crooked? 

14 Iirthe day of prosperity be joyful, but 
in the day of adversity consider: God also 
hath set the one over against the other, to 
the end that man should find nothing after 
him. 

15 All things have I seen in the days of 



ECCLESIASTES. 145 

my vanity: there is a just man that perish- 
eth in his righteousness, and there is a 
wicked man that prolongeth his life in his 
wickedness. 

16 Be not righteous over much; neither 
make thyself over wise : why shouldest thou 
destroy thyself? 

19 Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more 
than ten mighty men which are in the city. 

20 For there is not a just man upon earth, 
that doeth good, and sinneth not. 

CHAPTER IX. 

For all this I considered in my heart 
even to declare all this, that the righteous, 
and the wise, and their works, are in the 
hand of God: no man knoweth either love 
or hatred by all that is before them. 

2 All things come alike to all: there is one 
event to the righteous, and to the wicked; 
to the good and to the clean, and to the un- 
clean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him 
that sacrificeth not : as is the good, so is the 
sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that 
feareth an oath. 

4 J[ For to him that is joined to all the 

Wi. Bi— 10. 



146 ECCLESIASTES. 

living there is hope: for a living dog is 
better than a dead lion. 

5 For the living know that they shall 
die: but the dead know not any thing, 
neither have they any more a reward; for 
the memory of them is forgotten. 

7 J[ Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, 
and drink thy wine with a merry heart; 
for God now accepteth thy works. 

8 Let thy garments be always white; and 
let thy head lack no ointment. 

10 Whatsoever thy hand flndeth to do, 
do it with thy might; for there is no work, 
nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in 
the grave, whither thou goest. 

11 TJ I returned, and saw under the sun, 
that the race is not to the swift, nor the 
battle to the strong, neither yet bread to 
the wise, nor yet riches to men of under- 
standing, nor yet favour to men of skill; 
but time and chance happeneth to them all. 

14 There was a little city, and few men 
within it, and there came a great king 
against it, and besieged it, and built great 
bulwarks against it. 

15 Now there was found in it a poor wise 



ECCLESIASTES. 147 

man, and he by his wisdom delivered the 
city; yet no man remembered that same 
poor man. 

16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than 
strength: nevertheless the poor man's wis- 
dom is despised, and his words are not 
heard. 

18 Wisdom is better than weapons of 
war: but one sinner destroyeth much good. 

CHAPTER XL 

Cast thy bread upon the waters: for 
thou shalt find it after many days. 

2 Give a portion to seven, and also to 
eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall 
be upon the earth. 

3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty 
themselves upon the earth: and if the tree 
fall toward the south, or toward the north, 
in the place where the tree falleth, there 
it shall be. 

4 He that observeth the wind shall not 
sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall 
not reap. 

5 As thou knowest not what is the way 
of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in 



148 ECCLESIASTES. 

the womb of her that is with child: even 
so thou knowest not the works of God 
who maketh all. 

6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in 
the evening withhold not thine hand: for 
thou knowest not whether shall prosper, 
either this or that, or whether they both 
shall be alike good. 

7 fl Truly the light is sweet, and a pleas- 
ant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun: 

8 But if a man live many years, and re- 

ts t/ 7 

joice in them all; yet let him remember the 
days of darkness; for they shall be many. 
All that cometh is vanity. 

9 J[ Bejoice, O young man, in thy youth; 
and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of 
thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine 
heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but 
know thou, that for all these things God w T ill 
bring thee into judgment. 

CHAPTEK XII. 

Remember now thy Creator in the days 
of thy youth, while the evil days come not, 
nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt 
say, I have no pleasure in them; 



ECCLESIASTES. 149 

2 While the sun, or the light, or the 
moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor 
the clouds return after the rain : 

3 In the day when the keepers of the 
house shall tremble, and the strong men 
shall bow themselves, and the grinders 
cease because they are few, and those that 
look out of the windows be darkened, 

4 And the doors shall be shut in the 
streets, when the sound of the grinding is 
low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the 
bird, and all the daughters of music shall 
be brought low; 

6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or 
the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher 
be broken at the fountain, or the wheel 
broken at the cistern. 

7 Then shall the dust return to the earth 
as it was: and the spirit shall return unto 
God who gave it. 

8 fl Vanity of vanities, saith the Preach- 
er; all is vanity. 

9 And moreover, because the Preacher 
was wise, he still taught the people knowl- 
edge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought 
out, and set in order many proverbs. 



150 ECCLESIASTES. 

10 The Preacher sought to find out ac- 
ceptable words : and that which ivas written 
teas upright, even words of truth. 

11 The words of the wise are as goads, 
and as nails fastened by the masters of 
assemblies, which are given from one shep- 
herd. 

12 And further, by these, my son, be 
admonished: of making many books there 
is no end; and much study is a weariness 
of the flesh. 

13 fl Let us hear the conclusion of the 
whole matter: Fear God, and keep his com- 
mandments: for this is the whole duty of 
man. 

14 For God shall bring every work into 
judgment, with every secret thing, whether 
it be good, or whether it be evil. 



ISAIAH. 151 



ISAIAH. 



CHAPTEB I. 

13 Bring no more vain oblations; in- 
cense is an abomination unto me; the new 
moons and sabbaths, the calling of assem- 
blies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, 
even the solemn meeting. 

14 Your new moons and your appointed 
feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble 
unto me; I am weary to bear them. 

15 And when ye spread forth your 
hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, 
when ye make many prayers, I will not 
hear: your hands are full of blood. 

16 -fl Wash you, make you clean; put 
away the evil of your doings from before 
mine eyes; cease to do evil; 

17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, re- 
lieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, 
plead for the widow. 

18 Come now, and let us reason together, 
saith the Lord: though your sins be as 



152 ISAIAH. 

scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; 
though they be red like crimson, thev shall 
be as wool. 

22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine 
mixed with water. 

27 Zion shall be redeemed with judg- 
ment, and her converts with righteousness. 

2^ r And the destruction of the trans- 
gressors and of the sinners shall be together, 
and they that forsake the Lord snail be 
consumed. 

29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks 
which ye have desired, and ye shall be con- 
founded for the gardens that ve have 
chosen. 

30 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf 
fadeth. and as a garden that hath no water. 

CHAPTEE II. 

The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz 
saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. 

2 And it shall come to pass in the last 
days, that the mountain of the Lord's 
house shall be established in the top of the 
mountains, and shall be exalted above the 
hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. 



ISAIAH. 153 

3 And many people shall go and say, 
Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain 
of the Lord, to the house of the God of 
Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, 
and we will walk in his paths: for out of 
Zion shall go forth the law, and the word 
of the Lord from Jerusalem. 

4 And he shall judge among the nations, 
and shall rebuke many people: and they 
shall beat their swords into plowshares, 
and their spears into pruninghooks : nation 
shall not lift up sword against nation, 
neither shall they learn war any more. 

11 The lofty looks of man shall be hum- 
bled, and the haughtiness of men shall be 
bowed down; and the Lord alone shall be 
exalted in that day. 

12 For the day of the Lord of hosts shall 
be upon every one that is proud and lofty, 
and upon every one that is lifted up; and 
he shall be brought low: 

13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, 
that are high and lifted up, and upon all 
the oaks of Bashan, 

14 And upon all the high mountains, 
and upon all the hills that are lifted up, 



154 ISAIAH. 

15 And upon every high tower, and upon 
every fenced wall, 

16 And upon all the ships of Tarshish, 
and upon all pleasant pictures. 

17 And the loftiness of man shall be 
bowed down, and the haughtiness of men 
shall be made low; and the Lord alone 
shall be exalted in that day. 

20 In that day a man shall cast his idols 
of silver, and his idols of gold, which they 
made each one for himself to worship, to the 
moles and to the bats. 

CHAPTER V. 

Now will I sing to my well beloved a 
song of my beloved touching his vineyard. 
My well beloved hath a vineyard in a very 
fruitful hill: 

2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the 
stones thereof, and planted it with the 
choicest vine, and built a tower in the 
midst of it, and also made a winepress 
therein: and he looked that it should bring 
forth grapes, and it brought forth wild 
grapes. 



ISAIAH. 155 

5 And now go to; I will tell you what I 
will do to my vineyard: I will take away 
the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten 
up; and break down the wall thereof, and 
it shall be trodden down: 

6 And I will lay it waste : it shall not be 
pruned, nor digged;* but there shall come 
up briers and thorns: I will also command 
the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. 

8 J[ Woe unto them that join house to 
house, that lay field to field, till there be no 
place, that they may be placed alone in 
the midst of the earth! 

11 fl Woe unto them that rise up early 
in the morning, that they may follow strong 
drink; that continue until night, till wine 
inflame them ! 

18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity 
with cords of vanity, and sin as it were 
with a cart rope. 

20 J[ Woe unto them that call evil good, 
and good evil; that put darkness for light, 
and light for darkness; that put bitter for 
sweet, and sweet for bitter! 

21 Woe unto them that are wise in their 
own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! 



156 ISAIAH. 

CHAPTER XI. 

And there shall come forth a rod out of 
the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow 
out of his roots: 

2 And the spirit of the Lord shall rest 
upon him, the spirit of wisdom and under- 
standing, the spirit of counsel and might, 
the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of 
the Lord; 

3 And shall make him of quick under- 
standing in the fear of the Lord: and he 
shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, 
neither reprove after the hearing of his 
ears: 

4 But with righteousness shall he judge 
the poor, and reprove with equity for the 
meek of the earth: and he shall smite the 
earth with the rod of his mouth, and with 
the breath of his lips shall he slay the 
wicked. 

5 And righteousness shall be the girdle 
of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of 
his reins. 

6 The wolf also shall dwell with the 
lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with 



ISAIAH. 157 

the kid; and the calf and the young lion 
and the fatling together; and a little child 
shall lead them. 

9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all 
my holy mountain: for the earth shall be 
full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the 
waters cover the sea. 

10 fl And in that day there shall be a 
root of Jesse, which shall stand for an en- 
sign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles 
seek: and his rest shall be glorious. 

12 And he shall set up an ensign for the 
nations, and shall assemble the outcasts 
of Israel, and gather together the dispersed 
of Judah from the four corners of the earth. 

15 And the Lord shall utterly destroy 
the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with 
his mighty wind shall he shake his hand 
over the river, and shall smite it in the 
seven streams, and make men go over dry- 
shod. 

16 And there shall be a highway for 
the remnant of his people, which shall be 
left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel 
in the day that he came up out of the land 
of Egypt. 



158 ISAIAH. 

CHAPTER XXX. 

18 fl And therefore will the Lord wait, 
that he may be gracious unto you, and 
therefore will he be exalted, that he may 
have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a 
God of judgment: blessed are all they that 
wait for him. 

19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at 
Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he 
will be very gracious unto thee at the voice 
of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will 
answer thee. 

20 And though the Lord give you the 
bread of adversity, and the water of afflic- 
tion, yet shall not thy teachers be removed 
into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall 
see thy teachers: 

21 And thine ears shall hear a word 
behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk 
ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, 
and when ye turn to the left. 

23 Then shall he give the rain of thy 
seed, that thou shalt sow the ground 
withal; and bread of the increase of the 
earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: 



ISAIAH. 159 

in that day shall thy cattle feed in large 
pastures. 

24 The oxen likewise and the young 
asses that ear the ground shall eat clean 
provender, which hath been winnowed with 
the shovel and with the fan. 

25 And there shall be upon every high 
mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers 
and streams of waters in the day of the 
great slaughter, when the towers fall. 

26 Moreover the light of the moon shall 
be as the light of the sun, and the light of 
the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light 
of seven days, in the day that the Lord 
bindeth up the breach of his people, and 
healeth the stroke of their wound. 

29 Ye shall have a song, as in the night 
when a holy solemnity is kept; and glad- 
ness of heart, as when one goeth with a 
pipe to come into the mountain of the 
Lord, to the Mighty One of Israel. 

CHAPTER XXXV. 

The wilderness and the solitary place 
shall be glad for them; and the desert shall 
rejoice, and blossom as the rose. 



160 ISAIAH. 

2 It shall blossom abundantly, and re- 
joice even with joy and singing: the glory 
of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the ex- 
cellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall 
see the glory of the Lord, and the excel- 
lency of our God. 

3 j[ Strengthen ye the weak hands, and 
confirm the feeble knees. 

4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, 
Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will 
come with vengeance, even God with a 
recompense; he will come and save you. 

5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be 
opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be 
unstopped. 

6 Then shall the lame man leap as an 
hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for 
in the wilderness shall waters break out, 
and streams in the desert. 

7 And the parched ground shall become 
a pool, and the thirsty land springs of 
water: in the habitation of dragons, where 
each lay, shall be grass with reeds and 
rushes. 

8 And a highway shall be there, and a 
way, and it shall be called The way of holi- 



ISAIAH. 161 

ness; the unclean shall not pass over it; 
but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, 
though fools, shall not err therein. 

9 No lion shall be there, nor any raven- 
ous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not 
be found there; but the redeemed shall 
walk there: 

10 And the ransomed of the Lord shall 
return, and come to Zion with songs and 
everlasting joy upon their heads: they 
shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow 
and sighing shall flee away. 

CHAPTER XL. 

3 fl The voice of him that crieth in the 
wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, 
make straight in the desert a highway for 
our God. 

4 Every valley shall be exalted, and 
every mountain and hill shall be made 
low: and the crooked shall be made 
straight, and the rough places plain. 

6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, 
What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and 
all the goodliness thereof is as the flower 
of the field: 

Wi. Bi.— 11. 



162 ISAIAH. 

7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: 
because the spirit of the Lord bloweth 
upon it: surely the people is grass. 

8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth : 
but the word of our God shall stand for 
ever. 

11 He shall feed his flock like a shep- 
herd: he shall gather the lambs with his 
arm, and carry them in his bosom, and 
shall gently lead those that are with 
young. 

12 fl Who hath measured the waters in 
the hollow of his hand, and meted out 
heaven with the span, and comprehended 
the dust of the earth in a measure, and 
weighed the mountains in scales, and the 
hills in a balance? 

14 With whom took he counsel, and who 
instructed him, and /taught him in the path 
of judgment, and taught him knowledge, 
and shewed to him the way of understand- 
ing? 

15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of 
a bucket, and are counted as the small dust 
of the balance: behold, he taketh up the 
isles as a very little thing. 



ISAIAH. 163 

18 fl To whom then will ye liken God? 
or what likeness will ye compare unto him? 

22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle 
of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof 
are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out 
the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth 
them out as a tent to dwell in: 

29 He giveth power to the faint; and to 
them that have no might he increaseth 
strength. 

30 Even the youths shall faint and be 
weary, and the young men shall utterly 
fall: 

31 But they that wait upon the Lord 
shall renew their strength; they shall 
mount up with wings as eagles; they shall 
run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, 
and not faint. 

CHAPTER XLII. 

2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause 
his voice to be heard in the street. 

3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and 
the smoking flax shall he not quench: he 
shall bring forth judgment unto truth. 

4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, 



164 ISAIAH. 

till he have set judgment in the earth: and 
the isles shall wait for his law. 

5 ]\ Thus saith God the Lord, he that 
created the heavens, and stretched them 
out; he that spread forth the earth, and 
that which cometh out of it; he that giveth 
breath unto the people upon it, and spirit 
to them that walk therein : 

6 I the Lord have called thee in right- 
eousness, and will hold thine hand, and 
will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant 
of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; 

7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out 
the prisoners from the prison, and them 
that sit in darkness out of the prison house. 

8 I am the Lord: that is my name: and 
my glory will I not give to another, neither 
my praise to graven images. 

10 Sing unto the Lord a new T song, and 
his praise from the end of the earth, ye 
that go down to the sea, and all that is 
therein; the isles, and the inhabitants 
thereof. 

11 Let the wilderness and the cities 
thereof lift up their voice, the villages that 
Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of 



ISAIAH. 165 

the rock sing, let them shout from the top 
of the mountains. 

15 I will make waste mountains and 
hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will 
make the rivers islands, and I will dry up 
the pools. 

16 And I will bring the blind by a way 
that they knew not; I will lead them in 
paths that they have not known: I will 
make darkness light before them, and 
crooked things straight. These things will 
I do unto them, and not forsake them. 

CHAPTER LV. 

Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to 
the waters, and he that hath no money; 
come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine 
and milk without money and without price. 

2 Wherefore do ye spend money for 
that which is not bread? and your labour 
for that ivhich satisfieth not? hearken dili- 
gently unto me, and eat ye that which is 
good, and let your soul delight itself in 
fatness. 

3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: 
hear, and your soul shall live; and I will 



166 ISAIAH. 

make an everlasting covenant with you, 
even the sure mercies of David. 

6 J[ Seek ye the Lord while he may be 
found, call ye upon him while he is near: 

7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and 
the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let 
him return unto the Lord, and he will 
have mercy upon him; and to our God, for 
he will abundantly pardon. 

8 fl For my thoughts are not your 
thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, 
saith the Lord. 

9 For as the heavens are higher than the 
earth, so are my ways higher than your 
ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 

10 For as the rain cometh down, and the 
snow from heaven, and returneth not 
thither, but watereth the earth, and 
maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may 
give seed to the sower, and bread to the 
eater : 

11 So shall my word be that goeth forth 
out of my mouth: it shall not return unto 
me void, but it shall accomplish that which 
I please, and it shall prosper in the thing 
whereto I sent it. 



ISAIAH. 167 

13 Instead of the thorn shall come up 
the fir tree and instead of the brier shall 
come up the myrtle tree : and it shall be to 
the Lord for a name, for an everlasting 
sign that shall not be cut off. 

CHAPTER LX. 

3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy 
light, and kings to the brightness of thy 
rising. 

4 Lift up thine eyes round about, and 
see: all they gather themselves together, 
they come to thee: thy sons shall come from 
far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at 
thy side. 

6 The multitude of camels shall cover 
thee, the dromedaries of Midian andEphah; 
all they from Sheba shall come: they shall 
bring gold and incense; and they shall 
shew forth the praises of the Lord. 

8 Who are these that fly as a cloud, and 
as the doves to their windows? 

9 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and 
the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons 
from far, their silver and their gold with 



168 ISAIAH. 

them, unto the name of the Lord thy God, 
and to the Holy One of Israel, because he 
hath glorified thee. 

10 And the sons of strangers shall build 
up thy walls, and their kings shall minister 
unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, 
but in my favour have I had mercy on thee. 

11 Therefore thy gates shall be open con- 
tinually; they shall not be shut day nor 
night; that men may bring unto thee the 
forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings 
may be brought. 

13 The glory of Lebanon shall come unto 
thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box 
together, to beautify the place of my sanc- 
tuary; and I will make the place of my feet 
glorious. 

17 For brass I will bring gold, and for 
iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, 
and for stones iron: I will also make thy 
officers peace, and thine exactors right- 
eousness. 

18 Violence shall no more be heard in 
thy land, wasting nor destruction within 
thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls 
Salvation, and thy gates Praise. 



JEREMIAH. 169 

19 The sun shall be no more thy light by 
day; neither for brightness shall the moon 
give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be 
unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God 
thy glory. 

20 Thy sun shall no more go down; 
neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for 
the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, 
and the days of thy mourning shall be 
ended. 



JEREMIAH. 



CHAPTER XVII. 

The sin of Judah is written with a pen 
of iron, and with the point of a diamond : it 
is graven upon the table of their heart, and 
upon the horns of your altars; 

2 Whilst their children remember their 
altars and their groves by the green trees 
upon the high hills. 

5 fl Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the 
man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh 



170 JEREMIAH. 

his arm, and whose heart departeth from 
the Lord. 

6 For he shall be like the heath in the 
desert, and shall not see when good cometh; 
but shall inhabit the parched places in the 
wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. 

7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the 
Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. 

8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the 
waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by 
the river, and shall not see when heat 
cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and 
shall not be careful in the year of drought, 
neither shall cease from yielding fruit. 

9 ft The heart is deceitful above all 
things, and desperately wicked: w T ho can 
know it? 

10 I the Lord search the heart, / try the 
reins, even to give every man according to 
his ways, and according to the fruit of his 
doings. 

11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and 
hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, 
and not by right, shall leave them in the 
midst of his days, and at his end shall be a 
fool. 



EZEKIEL. 171 



EZEKIEL, 



CHAPTER XLVII. 

Afterward he brought me again unto 
the door of the house; and, behold, waters 
issued out from under the threshold of the 
house eastward: for the forefront of the 
house stood toward the east, and the waters 
came down from under from the right side 
of the house, at the south side of the altar. 

3 And when the man that had the line 
in his hand went forth eastward, he 
measured a thousand cubits, and he 
brought me through the waters; the waters 
were to the ankles. 

4 Again he measured a thousand, and 
brought me through the waters; the waters 
were to the knees. Again he measured a 
thousand, and brought me through; the 
waters were to the loins. 

5 Afterward he measured a thousand; 
and it was a river that I could not pass over: 



172 EZEKIEL. 

for the waters were risen, waters to swim 
in, a river that could not be passed over. 

6 Tj And he said unto me, Son of man, 
hast thou seen this? Then he brought me, 
and caused me to return to the brink of the 
river. 

7 Now when I had returned, behold, at 
the bank of the river were very many trees 
on the one side and on the other. 

8 Then said he unto me, These waters 
issue out toward the east country, and go 
down into the desert, and go into the sea: 
lohich being brought forth into the sea, the 
waters shall be healed. 

9 And it shall come to pass, that every 
thing that liveth, which moveth, whitherso- 
ever the rivers shall come, shall live: and 
there shall be a very great multitude of 
fish, because these waters shall come 
thither: for they shall be healed; and every 
thing shall live whither the river cometh. 

12 And by the river upon the bank there- 
of, on this side and on that side, shall grow 
all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, 
neither shall the fruit thereof be con- 
sumed: it shall bring forth new fruit ac- 



DANIEL. 173 

cording to his months, because their 
waters they issued out of the sanctuary: 
and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and 
the leaf thereof for medicine. 



DANIEL, 



CHAPTER V. 

Belshazzar the king made a great feast 
to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine 
before the thousand. 

4 They drank wine, and praised the gods 
of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of 
wood, and of stone. 

5 |f In the same hour came forth fingers 
of a man's hand, and wrote over against 
the candlestick upon the plaster of the 
wall of the king's palace: and the king saw 
the part of the hand that wrote. 

6 Then the king's countenance was 
changed, and his thoughts troubled him, 
so that the joints of his loins were loosed, 
and his knees smote one against another. 



174 DANIEL. 

7 The king cried aloud to bring in the 
astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the sooth- 
sayers. And the king spake, and said to the 
wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read 
this writing, and shew me the interpreta- 
tion thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, 
and have a chain of gold about his neck, 
and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom. 

8 Then came in all the king's wise men: 
but they could not read the writing, nor 
make known to the king the interpretation 
thereof. 

10 ff Now the queen, by reason of the 
words of the king and his lords, came into 
the banquet house: and the queen spake 
and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy 
thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy counte- 
nance be changed: 

11 There is a man in thy kingdom, in 
whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in 
the days of thy father light and under- 
standing and wisdom, like the wisdom of 
the gods, was found in him ; whom the king 
Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, 
thy father, made master of the magicians, 
astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers. 



DANIEL. 175 

13 Then was Daniel brought in before 
the king. And the king spake and said 
unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which 
art of the children of the captivity of 
Judah, whom the king my father brought 
out of Jewry? 

14 I have even heard of the£; that the 
spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light 
and understanding and excellent wisdom 
is found in thee. 

16 And I have heard of thee, that thou 
canst make interpretations, and dissolve 
doubts: now if thou canst read the waiting, 
and make known to me the interpretation 
thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, 
and have a chain of gold about thy neck, 
and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom. 

17 ff Then Daniel answered and said 
before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, 
and give thy rewards to another; yet I will 
read the writing unto the king, and make 
known to him the interpretation. 



176 HOSEA. 



HOSEA. 



CHAPTER XIV. 

O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; 
for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. 

2 Take with you words, and turn to the 
Lord: say unto him, Take away all in- 
iquity, and receive us graciously: so will 
we render the calves of our lips. 

3 Asshur shall not save us; we will not 
ride upon horses : neither will we say any 
more to the work of our hands, Ye are our 
gods: for in thee the fatherless flndeth 
mercy. 

4 fl I will heal their backsliding, I will 
love them freely: for mine anger is turned 
away from him. 

5 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he 
shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his 
roots as Lebanon. 

6 His branches shall spread, and his 
beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his 
smell as Lebanon. 



HABAKKUK. 177 

7 They that dwell under his shadow 
shall return; they shall revive as the corn, 
and grow as the vine: the scent thereof 
shall be as the wine of Lebanon. 

8 Ephraim shall say, What have I to do 
any more with idols? I have heard him, and 
obseived him: I am like a green fir tree. 
From me is thy fruit found. 

9 Who is wise, and he shall understand 
these things? prudent, and he shall know 
them? for the ways of the Lord are right, 
and the just shall walk in them: but the 
transgressors shall fall therein. 



HABAKKUK. 



CHAPTER III. 

2 O Lord, I have heard thy speech, and 
was afraid: O Lord, revive thy work in the 
midst of the years, in the midst of the years 
make known; in wrath remember mercy. 

3 God came from Teman, and the Holy 
One from mount Paran. His glory covered 

Wi. Bi.— 12. 



178 HABAKKUK. 

the heavens, and the earth was full of his 
praise. 

4 And his brightness was as the light; he 
had horns coming out of his hand : and there 
was the hiding of his power. 

5 Before him went the pestilence, and 
burning coals went forth at his feet. 

6 He stood, and measured the earth: he 
beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and 
the everlasting mountains were scattered, 
the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are 
everlasting. 

10 The mountains saw thee, and they 
trembled: the overflowing of the water 
passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and 
lifted up his hands on high. 

11 The sun and moon stood still in their 
habitation: at the light of thine arrows 
they went, and at the shining of thy glitter- 
ing spear. 

15 Thou didst walk through the sea with 
thine horses, through the heap of great 
waters. 

17 fl Although the fig tree shall not 
blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; 
the labour of the olive shall fail, and the 



MALACHI. 179 

fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be 
cut off from the fold, and there shall be no 
herd in the stalls: 

18 Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will 
joy in the God of my salvation. 



MALACHL 



CHAPTER III. 

Behold, I will send my messenger, and 
he shall prepare the way before me: and 
the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly 
come to his temple, even the messenger of 
the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, 
he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. 

2 But who may abide the day of his 
coming? and who shall stand when he ap- 
peareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and 
like fullers' soap : 

3 And he shall sit as a refiner and puri- 
fier of silver: and he shall purify the sons 
of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, 
that they may offer unto the Lord an offer- 
ing in righteousness. 



180 MALACHI. 

4 Then shall the offering of Judah and 
Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in 
the days of old, and as in former years. 

6 For I am the Lord, I change not; 
therefore ye sons of Jacob are not con- 
sumed. 

8 ft Will a man rob God? Yet ye have 
robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we 
robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. 

10 Bring ye all the tithes into the store- 
house, that there may be meat in mine 
house, and prove me now herewith, saith 
the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the 
windows of heaven, and pour you out a 
blessing, that there shall not be room enough 
to receive it. 

12 And all nations shall call you blessed: 
for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the 
Lord of hosts. 

16 ff Then they that feared the Lord 
spake often one to another: and the Lord 
hearkened, and heard. 

17 And they shall be mine, saith the 
Lord of hosts, in that day when T make up 
my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man 
spareth his own son that serveth him. 



ST. MATTHEW. 181 

18 Then shall ye return, and discern be- 
tween the righteous and the wicked, be- 
tween him that serveth God and him that 
serveth him not. 



ST. MATTHEW. 



CHAPTER IV. 

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into 
the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 

2 And when he had fasted forty days 
and forty nights, he was afterward an 
hungered. 

3 And when the tempter came to him, 
he said, If thou be the Son of God, com- 
mand that these stones be made bread. 

4 But he answered and said, It is writ- 
ten, Man shall not live by bread alone, but 
by every word that proceedeth out of the 
mouth of God. 

5 Then the devil taketh him up into the 
holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of 
the temple, 



182 ST. MATTHEW. 

6 And saith unto hiin, If thou be the Son 
of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, 
He shall give his angels charge concerning 
thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee 
up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot 
against a stone. 

7 Jesus said unto him, It is written 
again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy 
God. 

8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an 
exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him 
all the kingdoms of the world, and the 
glory of them; 

9 And saith unto him, All these things 
will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and 
worship me. 

10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee 
hence, Satan: for it is written. Thou shalt 
worship the Lord thy God, and him only 
shalt thou serve. 

11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, be- 
hold, angels came and ministered unto him. 



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CHAPTER IV. 

18 T[ And Jesus, walking by the sea of 
Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called 



ST. MATTHEW. 183 

Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a 
net into the sea : for they were fishers. 

19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, 
and I will make you fishers of men. 

20 And they straightway left their nets, 
and followed him. 

21 And going on from thence, he saw 
other two brethren, James the son of Zebe- 
dee, and John his brother, in a ship with 
Zebedee their father, mending their nets; 
and he called them. 

22 And they immediately left the ship 
and their father, and followed him. 

23 ]\ And Jesus went about all Galilee, 
teaching in their synagogues, and preach- 
ing the gospel of the kingdom, and healing 
all manner of sickness and all manner of 
disease among the people. 

24 And his fame went throughout all 
Syria: and they brought unto him all sick 
people that were taken with divers diseases 
and torments, and those which were pos- 
sessed with devils, and those which were 
lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and 
he healed them. 

25 And there followed him great multi- 



184 ST. MATTHEW. 

tudes of people from Galilee, and from 
Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from 
Judea, and from beyond Jordan. 

CHAPTER V. 

And seeing the multitudes, he went up 
into a mountain: and when he was set, his 
disciples came unto him : 

2 And he opened his mouth, and taught 
them, saying, 

3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for 
theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 

4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they 
shall be comforted. 

5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall in- 
herit the earth. 

6 Blessed are they which do hunger and 
thirst after righteousness : for they shall be 
filled. 

7 Blessed are the merciful : for they shall 
obtain mercy. 

8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they 
shall see God. 

9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they 
shall be called the children of God. 

10 Blessed are they which are perse- 



ST. MATTHEW. 185 

cuted for righteousness 7 sake: for theirs is 
the kingdom of heaven. 

11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile 
you, and persecute you, and shall say all 
manner of evil against you falsely, for my 
sake. 

12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for 
great is your reward in heaven: for so per- 
secuted they the prophets which were be- 
fore you. 

13 U Ye are the salt of the earth : but if 
the salt have lost his savour, wherewith 
shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good 
for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be 
trodden under foot of men. 

14 Ye are the light of the world. A city 
that is set on a hill cannot be hid. 

15 Neither do men light a candle, and 
put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; 
and it giveth light unto all that are in the 
house. 

16 Let your light so shine before men, 
that they may see your good works, and 
glorify your Father which is in heaven. 



186 ST. MATTHEW. 

CHAPER V. 

17 ft Think not that I am come to de- 
stroy the law, or the prophets: I am not 
come to destroy, but to fulfil. 

18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven 
and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in 
no wise pass from the law, till all be ful- 
filled. 

19 Whosoever therefore shall break one 
of these least commandments, and shall 
teach men so, he shall be called the least in 
the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever 
shall do and teach them, the same shall be 
called great in the kingdom of heaven. 

21 fl Ye have heard that it was said by 
them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and 
whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of 
the judgment: 

22 But I say unto you, That whosoever 
is angry with his brother without a cause 
shall be in danger of the judgment: and 
whosoever shall say to his brother, Eaca, 
shall be in danger of the council : but who- 
soever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in dan- 
ger of hell fire. 



ST. MATTHEW. 187 

33 ff Again, ye have heard that it hath 
been said by them of old time, Thou shalt 
not forswear thyself, but shalt perform 
unto the Lord thine oaths: 

34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; 
neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: 

35 Nor by the earth; for it is his foot- 
stool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the 
city of the great King. 

36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, 
because thou canst not make one hair 
white or black. 

37 But let your communication be, Yea, 
yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than 
these cometh of evil. 

38 U Ye have heard that it hath been 
said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a 
tooth: 

39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not 
evil : but whosoever shall smite thee on thy 
right cheek, turn to him the other also. 

CHAPTER VI. 

19 fl Lay not up for yourselves treasures 
upon earth, where moth and rust doth cor- 



188 ST. MATTHEW. 

rapt, and where thieves break through and 
steal: 

20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in 
heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth 
corrupt, and where thieves do not break 
through nor steal : 

21 For where your treasure is, there will 
your heart be also. 

22 The light of the body is the eye: if 
therefore thine eve be single, thv whole 
body shall be full of light. 

23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole 
body shall be full of darkness. If therefore 
the light that is in thee be darkness, how 
great us that darkness! 

21 |f No man can serve two masters: for 
either he will hate the one, and love the 
other; or else he will hold to the one. and 
despise the other. Ye cannot serve God 
and mammon. 

25 Therefore I say unto you. Take no 
thought for your life, what ve shall eat, or 
what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, 
what ye shall put on. Is not the life more 
than meat, and the body than raiment? 

26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they 



ST. MATTHEW. 189 

sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather 
into barns; yet your heavenly Father feed- 
eth them. Are ye not much better than 
they? 

27 Which of you by taking thought can 
add one cubit unto his stature? 

28 And why take ye thought for rai- 
ment? Consider the lilies of the field, how 
they grow; they toil not, neither do they 
spin: 

29 And yet I say unto you, That even 
Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed 
like one of these. 

30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass 
of the field, which to day is, and to morrow 
is cast into the oven, shall he not much more 
clothe you, O ye of little faith? 

31 Therefore take no thought, saying, 
What shall we eat? or, What shall we 
drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be 
clothed? 

33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, 
and his righteousness; and all these things 
shall be added unto you. 



190 ST. MATTHEW. 

CHAPTER VII. 

Judge not, that ye be not judged. 

2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye 
shall be judged: and with what measure ye 
mete, it shall be measured to you again. 

3 And why beholdest thou the mote that 
is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not 
the beam that is in thine own eye? 

4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, 
Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; 
and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? 

5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam 
out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou 
see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy 
brother's eye. 

6 fl Give not that which is holy unto the 
dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before 
swine, lest they trample them under their 
feet, and turn again and rend you. 

7 ]\ Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, 
and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be 
opened unto you : 

8 For every one that asketh receiveth; 
and he that seeketh findeth; and to him 
that knocketh it shall be opened. 



ST. MATTHEW. 191 

9 Or what man is there of you, whom if 
his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? 

10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a 
serpent? 

11 If ye then, being evil, know how to 
give good gifts unto your children, how 
much more shall your Father which is in 
heaven give good things to them that ask 
him? 

12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye 
would that men should do to you, do ye 
even so to them: for this is the law and the 
prophets. 

13 fl Enter ye in at the strait gate: for 
wide is the gate, and broad is the way, 
that leadeth to destruction, and many 
there be which go in thereat : 

14 Because strait is the gate, and nar- 
row is the way, which leadeth unto life, and 
few there be that find it. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

5 fl And when Jesus was entered into 
Capernaum, there came unto him a cen- 
turion, beseeching him, 

6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at 



192 ST. MATTHEW. 

home sick of the palsy, grievously tor- 
mented. 

7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come 
and heal him. 

8 The centurion answered and said, 
Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst 
come under my roof: but speak the word 
only, and my servant shall be healed. 

9 For I am a man under authority, hav- 
ing soldiers under me: and I say to this 
man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, 
Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, 
Do this, and he doeth it. 

10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, 
and said to them that followed, Verily I 
say unto you, I have not found so great 
faith, no, not in Israel. 

11 And I say unto you, That many shall 
come from the east and west, and shall sit 
down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, 
in the kingdom of heaven. 

12 But the children of the kingdom shall 
be cast out into outer darkness : there shall 
be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 

13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, 
Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so 



ST. MATTHEW. 193 

be it done unto thee. And his servant was 
healed in the selfsame hour. 

CHAPTER X. 

And when he had called unto him his 
twelve disciples, he gave them power 
against unclean spirits, to cast them out, 
and to heal all manner of sickness and all 
manner of disease. 

5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and 
commanded them, saying, Go not into the 
way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the 
Samaritans enter ye not : 

6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the 
house of Israel. 

.7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The king- 
dom of heaven is at hand. 

8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise 
the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have re- 
ceived, freely give. 

9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor 
brass in your purses; 

10 Nor scrip for your journey, neither 
two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves : for 
the workman is worthy of his meat. 

11 And into whatsoever city or town ye 

Wi. Bi.— 13. 



194 ST. MATTHEW. 

shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy; 
and there abide till ye go thence. 

12 And when ye come into a house, 
salute it. 

13 And if the house be worthy, let your 
peace come upon it : but if it be not worthy, 
let your peace return to you. 

14 And whosoever shall not receive you, 
nor hear your words, when ye depart out of 
that house or city, shake off the dust of 
your feet. 

15 Verily I say unto you, It shall be 
more tolerable for the land of Sodom and 
Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for 
that city. 

16 fl Behold, I send you forth as sheep 
in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise 
as serpents, and harmless as doves. 

CHAPTER X. 

24 The disciple is not above his master, 
nor the servant above his lord. 

27 What I tell you in darkness, that 
speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the 
ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. 

29 Are not two sparrows sold for a far- 



ST. MATTHEW. 195 

thing? and one of them shall not fall on the 
ground without your Father. 

30 But the very hairs of your head are 
all numbered. 

31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more 
value than many sparrows. 

32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me 
before men, him will I confess also before 
my Father which is in heaven. 

33 But whosoever shall deny me before 
men, him will I also deny before my Father 
which is in heaven. 

37 He that loveth father or mother more 
than me is not worthy of me: and he that 
loveth son or daughter more than me is not 
worthy of me. 

38 And he that taketh not his cross, and 
followeth after me, is not worthy of me. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

The same day went Jesus out of the 
house, and sat by the sea side. 

2 And great multitudes were gathered 
together unto him, so that he went into a 
ship, and sat; and the whole multitude 
stood on the shore. 



196 ST. MATTHEW. 

3 And he spake many things unto them 
in parables, saying. Behold, a sower went 
forth to sow; 

4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by 
the way side, and the fowls came and de- 
voured them up : 

5 Some fell upon stony places, where 
they had not much earth: and forthwith 
they sprung up, because they had no deep- 
ness of earth: 

6 And when the sun was up, they were 
scorched; and because they had no root, 
they withered away. 

7 And some fell among thorns; and the 
thorns sprung up, and choked them : 

8 But other fell into good ground, and 
brought forth fruit, some a hundredfold, 
some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. 

9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. 

10 And the disciples came, and said unto 
him, Why speakest thou unto them in par- 
ables? 

11 He answered and said unto them, Be- 
cause it is given unto you to know the 
mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to 
them it is not given. 



ST. MATTHEW. 197 

12 For whosoever hath, to him. shall be 
given, and he shall have more abundance: 
but whosoever hath not, from him shall be 
taken away even that he hath. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

16 But blessed are your eyes, for they 
see : and your ears, for they hear. 

17 For verily I say unto you, That many 
prophets and righteous men have desired 
to see those things which ye see, and have 
not seen tJwm; and to hear those things which 
ye hear, and have not heard them. 

18 fl" Hear ye therefore the parable of 
the sower. 

19 When any one heareth the word of 
the kingdom, and understandeth it not, 
then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth 
away that which was sown in his heart. 
This is he which received seed by the way 
side. 

20 But he that received the seed into 
stony places, the same is he that heareth 
the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; 

21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but 
dureth for a while: for when tribulation or 



198 ST. MATTHEW. 

persecution ariseth because of the word, by 
and by he is offended. 

22 Be also that received seed among the 
thorns is he that heareth the word; and the 
care of this world, and the deceitfulness of 
riches, choke the word, and he becometh 
unfruitful. 

23 But he that received seed into the 
good ground is he that heareth the word, 
and understandeth it; which also beareth 
fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundred- 
fold, some sixty, some thirty. 

OHAPTEE XVIII. 

At the same time -came the disciples 
unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in 
the kingdom of heaven? 

2 And Jesus called a little child unto 
him, and set him in the midst of them, 

3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Ex- 
cept ye be converted, and become as little 
children, ye shall not enter into the king- 
dom of heaven. 

4 Whosoever therefore shall humble 
himself as this little child, the same is 
greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 



ST. MATTHEW. 199 

5 And whoso shall receive one such little 
child in my name receiveth me. 

6 But whoso shall offend one of these 
little ones which believe in me, it were bet- 
ter for him that a millstone were hanged 
about his neck, and that he were drowned 
in the depth of the sea. 

10 Take heed that ye despise not one of 
these little ones; for I say unto you, That 
in heaven their angels do always behold 
the face of my Father which is in heaven. 

11 For the Son of man is come to save 
that which was lost. 

12 How think ye? if a man have a hun- 
dred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, 
doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and 
goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that 
which is gone astray? 

13 And if so be that he find it, verily I 
say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that 
sheep, than of the ninety and nine which 
went not astray. 

14 Even so it is not the will of your 
Father which is in heaven, that one of 
these little ones should perish. 



200 ST. MATTHEW. 

CHAPTER XVIII. 

23 J[ Therefore is the kingdom of heaven 
likened unto a certain king, which would 
take account of his servants. 

24 And when he had begun to reckon, 
one was brought unto him, which owed 
him ten thousand talents. 

25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, 
his lord commanded him to be sold, and his 
wife, and children, and all that he had, and 
payment to be made. 

26 The servant therefore fell down, and 
worshipped him, saying, Lord, have pa- 
tience with me, and I will pay thee all. 

27 Then the lord of that servant was 
moved with compassion, and loosed him, 
and forgave him the debt. 

28 But the same servant went out, and 
found one of his fellow servants, which 
owed him an hundred pence: and he laid 
hands on him, and took him bv the throat, 
saying, Pay me that thou owest. 

29 And his fellow servant fell down at 
his feet, and besought him, saying, Have 
patience with me, and I will pay thee all. 



ST. MATTHEW. 201 

30 And he would not: but went and cast 
him into prison, till he should pay the debt. 

31 So when his fellow servants saw what 
was done, they were very sorry, and came 
and told unto their lord all that was done. 

32 Then his lord, after that he had called 
him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, 
I forgave thee all that debt, because thou 
desiredst me. 

33 Shouldest not thou also have had 
compassion on thy fellow servant, even as I 
had pity on thee? 

34 And his lord was wroth, and delivered 
him to the tormentors, till he should pay 
all that was due unto him. 

35 So likewise shall my heavenly Father 
do also unto you, if ye from your hearts 
forgive not every one his brother their tres- 
passes. 

CHAPTER XIX. 

16 fl And, behold, one came and said 
unto him, Good Master, what good thing 
shall I do, that I may have eternal life? 

17 And he said unto him, Why call est 



202 ST. MATTHEW. 

thou me good? there is none good but one, 
that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, 
keep the commandments. 

18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus 
said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt 
not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, 
Thou shalt not bear false witness, 

19 Honour thy father and thy mother: 
and. Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy- 
self. 

20 The young man saith unto him, All 
these things have I kept from my youth up: 
what lack I yet ? 

21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be 
perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give 
to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in 
heaven: and come and follow me. 

22 But when the voung man heard that 
saying, he went away sorrowful : for he had 
great possessions. 

23 ]\ Then said Jesus unto his disciples, 
Verily I say unto you, That a rich man 
shall hardly enter into the kingdom of 
heaven. 

24 And again I say unto you, It is easier 
for a camel to go through the eye of a 



ST. MATTHEW. 203 

needle, than for a rich man to enter into 
the kingdom of God. 

CHAPTER XX. 

For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a 
man that is a householder, who went out 
early in the morning to hire labourers into 
his vineyard. 

2 And when he had agreed with the 
labourers for a penny a day, he sent them 
into his vineyard. 

3 And he went out about the third hour, 
and saw others standing idle in the market- 
place, 

4 And said unto them; Go ye also into 
the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will 
give you. And they went their way. 

6 And about the eleventh hour he went 
out, and found others standing idle, and 
saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the 
day idle? 

7 They say unto him, Because no man 
hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye 
also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is 
right, that shall ye receive. 



201 



ST. MATTHEW. 



8 So when even was come, the lord of the 
vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the 
labourers, and give them their hire, begin- 
ning from the last unto the first. 

9 And when they came that were hired 
about the eleventh hour, they received 
every man a penny. 

10 But when the first came, they sup- 
posed that they should have received more; 
and they likewise received every man a 
penny. 

11 And when they had received it, they 
murmured against the goodman of the 
house, 

12 Saying, These last have wrought 
but one hour, and thou hast made them 
equal unto us, which have borne the bur- 
den and heat of the day. 

13 But he answered one of them, and 
said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not 
thou agree with me for a penny? 

11 Take that thine is, and go thy way: I 
will give unto this last, even as unto thee. 

15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I 
will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, be- 
cause I am good? 



ST. MATTHEW. l!U5 

16 So the last shall be first, and the first 
last: for many be called, but few chosen. 

CHAPTER XXII. 

2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a 
certain king, which made a marriage for 
his son, 

3 And sent forth his servants to call 
them that were bidden to the wedding: and 
they would not come. 

4 Again, he sent forth other servants, 
saying, Tell them which are bidden, Be- 
hold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen 
and my fatlings are killed, and all things 
are ready: come unto the marriage. 

5 But they made light of it, and went 
their ways, one to his farm, another to his 
merchandise: 

6 And the remnant took his servants, 
and entreated them spitefully, and slew them, 

7 But when the king heard thereof, he 
was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, 
and destroyed those murderers, and burned 
up their city. 

8 Then saith he to his servants. The wed- 



206 ST. MATTHEW. 

ding is ready, but they which were bidden 
were not worthy. 

9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and 
as many as ye shall find, bid to the mar- 
riage. 

10 So those servants went out into the 
highways, and gathered together all as 
many as they found, both bad and good: 
and the wedding was furnished with 
guests. 

CHAPTER XXV. 

14 fl For the kingdom of heaven is as a 
man travelling into a far country, who 
called his own servants, and delivered unto 
them his goods. 

15 And unto one he gave five talents, to 
another two, and to another one; to every 
man according to his several ability; and 
straightway took his journey. 

16 Then he that had received the five 
talents went and traded with the same, and 
made them other five talents. 

17 And likewise he that had received two, 
he also gained other two. 

18 But he that had received one went 



ST. MATTHEW. 207 

and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's 
money. 

19 After a long time the lord of those 
servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. 

20 And so he that had received five 
talents came and brought other five talents, 
saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five 
talents : behold, I have gained beside them 
five talents more. 

21 His lord said unto him, Well done, 
thou good and faithful servant: thou hast 
been faithful over a few things, I will make 
thee ruler over many things: enter thou 
into the joy of thy lord. 

22 He also that had received two talents 
came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto 
me two talents : behold, I have gained two 
other talents beside them. 

23 His lord said unto him, Well done, 
good and faithful servant; thou hast been 
faithful over a few things, I will make thee 
ruler over many things : enter thou into the 
joy of thy lord. 

24 Then he which had received the one 
talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee 
that thou art a hard man, reaping where 



208 ST. MATTHEW. 

thou hast not sown, and gathering where 
thou hast not strewed: 

25 And I was afraid, and went and hid 
thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast 
that is thine. 

26 His lord answered and said unto him, 
Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou 
knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and 
gather where I have not strewed : 

27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put 
my money to the exchangers, and then at 
my coming I should have received mine 
own with usury. 

28 Take therefore the talent from him, 
and give it unto him which hath ten 
talents. 

29 For unto every one that hath shall be 
given, and he shall have abundance: but 
from him that hath not shall be taken 
away even that which he hath. 



ST. MARK. 209 



ST. MARK. 



CHAPTER IV. 

And he began again to teach by the sea 
side: and there was gathered unto him a 
great multitude, so that he entered into a 
ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole mul- 
titude was by the sea on the land. 

2 And he taught them many things by 
parables, and said unto them in his doc- 
trine, 

3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a 
sower to sow : 

4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some 
fell by the way side, and the fowls of the 
air came and devoured it up. 

5 And some fell on stony ground, where 
it had not much earth; and immediately it 
sprang up, because it had no depth of 
earth : 

6 But when the sun was up, it was 
scorched; and because it had no root, it 
withered away. 

Wi. BI.-14. 



210 ST. MARK. 

7 And some fell among thorns, and the 
thorns grew up, and choked it, and it 
yielded no fruit. 

8 And other fell on good ground, and 
did yield fruit that sprang up and in- 
creased; and brought forth, some thirty, 
and some sixty, and some a hundred. 

13 And he said unto them, Know ye not 
this parable? and how then will ye know 
all parables? 

11 ]\ The sower soweth the word. 

15 And these are they by the way side, 
where the word is sown; but when they 
have heard, Satan cometh immediately, 
and taketh away the word that was sown 
in their hearts. 

16 And these are they likewise which 
are sown on stony ground; who, when they 
have heard the word, immediately receive 
it with gladness; 

17 And have no root in themselves, and 
so endure but for a time: afterward, when 
affliction or persecution ariseth for the 
word's sake, immediately they are offended. 

18 And these are they which are sown 
among thorns; such as hear the word, 



ST. MARK. 211 

19 And the cares of this world, and the 
deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of 
other things entering in, choke the word, 
and it becometh unfruitful. 

20 And these are they which are sown 
on good ground; such as hear the word, 
and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some 
thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hun- 
dred. 

CHAPTER VI. 

And he went out from thence, and came 
into his own country; and his disciples fol- 
low him. 

2 And when the sabbath day was come, 
he began to teach in the synagogue: and 
many hearing him were astonished, saying, 
From whence hath this man these things? 
and what wisdom is this which is given 
unto him, that even such mighty works are 
wrought by his hands? 

3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of 
Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and 
of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters 
here with us? And they were offended at 
him. 



212 ST. MARK. 

4 But Jesus said unto them, A prophet 
is not without honour, but in his own coun- 
try, and among his own kin, and in his own 
house. 

5 And he could there do no mighty work, 
save that he laid his hands upon a few sick 
folk, and healed them. 

6 And he marvelled because of their un- 
belief. And he went round about the 
villages, teaching. 

7 ]\ And he called unto him the twelve, 
and began to send them forth by two and 
two; and gave them power over unclean 
spirits; 

8 And commanded them that they 
should take nothing for their journey, save 
a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money 
in their purse: 

9 But be shod with sandals; and not put 
on two coats. 

12 And they went out, and preached 
that men should repent. 

CHAPTEB XIV. 

3 ff And being in Bethany in the house 
of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there 



ST. MARK. 213 

came a woman having an alabaster box of 
ointment of spikenard very precious; and 
she brake the box, and poured it on his 
head. 

4 And there were some that had indigna- 
tion within themselves, and said, Why was 
this waste of the ointment made? 

5 For it might have been sold for more 
than three hundred pence, and have been 
given to the poor. And they murmured 
against her. 

6 And Jesus said, Let her alone; why 
trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good 
work on me. 

7 For ye have the poor with you always, 
and whensoever ye will ye may do them 
good : But me ye have not always. 

8 She hath done what she could: she is 
come aforehand to anoint my body to the 
burying. 

9 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever 
this gospel shall be preached throughout 
the whole world, this also that she hath 
done shall be spoken of for a memorial of 
her. 



214 ST. LUKE. 



ST. LUKE. 



CHAPTER II. 

8 And there were in the same country 
shepherds abiding in the field, keeping 
watch over their flock by night. 

9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came 
upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone 
round about them; and they were sore 
afraid. 

10 And the angel said unto them. Fear 
not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings 
of great joy, which shall be to all people. 

11 For unto you is born this day in the 
city of David a Saviour, which is Christ 
the Lord. 

12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye 
shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling 
clothes, lying in a manger. 

13 And suddenly there was with the 
angel a multitude of the heavenly host 
praising God, and saying, 



ST. LUKE. 215 

14 Glory to God in the highest, and on 
earth peace, good will toward men. 

CHAPTER VI. 

27 |f But I say unto you which hear, 
Love your enemies, do good to them which 
hate you, 

28 Bless them that curse you, and pray 
for them which despitefully use you. 

29 And unto him that smiteth thee on 
the one cheek offer also the other; and him 
that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to 
take thy coat also. 

30 Give to every man that asketh of 
thee; and of him that taketh away thy 
goods ask them not again. 

31 And as ye would that men should do 
to you, do ye also to them likewise. 

32 For if ye love them which love you, 
what thank have ye? for sinners also love 
those that love them. 

33 And if ye do good to them which do 
good to you, what thank have ye? for sin- 
ners also do even the same. 

34 And if ye lend to them of whom ye 
hope to receive, what thank have ye? for 



216 ST. LUKE. 

sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as 
much again. 

35 But love ye your enemies, and do 
good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; 
and your reward shall be great, and ye 
shall be the children of the Highest: for he 
is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. 

36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your 
Father also is merciful. 

37 Judge not. and ye shall not be judged: 
condemn not. and ye shall not be con- 
demned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven. 

CHAPTER X. 

25 J[ And, behold, a certain lawyer stood 
up. and tempted him, saying. Master, what 
shall I do to inherit eternal life? 

26 He said unto him. What is written in 
the law? how readest thou? 

27 And he answering said. Thou shalt 
love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, 
and with all thy soul, and with all thy 
strength, and with all thy mind; and thy 
neighbour as thyself. 

28 And he said unto him. Thou hast 
answered right: this do. and thou shalt live. 



ST. LUKE. 217 

29 But he, willing to justify himself, said 
unto Jesus, And who is niy neighbour? 

30 And Jesus answering said, A certain 
man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, 
and fell among thieves, which stripped him 
of his raiment, and wounded him, and de- 
parted, leaving him half dead. 

31 And by chance there came down a 
certain priest that way; and when he saw 
him, he passed by on the other side. 

32 And likewise a Levite, when he was 
at the place, came and looked on him, and 
passed by on the other side. 

33 But a certain Samaritan, as he jour- 
neyed, came where he was; and when he 
saw him, he had compassion on him, 

31 And went to him, and bound up his 
wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set 
him on his own beast, and brought him to 
an inn, and took care of him. 

36 Which now of these three, thinkest 
thou, was neighbour unto him that fell 
among the thieves? 

37 And he said, He that shewed mercy 
on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, 
and do thou likewise. 



218 ST. LUKE. 



CHAPTER XI. 



33 No man, when he hath lighted a 
candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither 
under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that 
they which come in may see the light. 

34 The light of the body is the eye: there- 
fore when thine eye is single, thy whole 
body also is full of light; but when thine eye 
is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. 

35 Take heed therefore, that the light 
which is in thee be not darkness. 

37 fl And as he spake, a certain Pharisee 
besought him to dine with him: and he 
went in, and sat down to meat. 

38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he 
marvelled that he had not first washed be- 
fore dinner. 

39 And the Lord said unto him, Now 
do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of 
the cup and the platter; but your inward 
part is full of ravening and wickedness. 

40 Ye fools, did not he, that made that 
which is without, make that which is with- 
in also? 

42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye 



ST. LUKE. 219 

tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, 
and pass over judgment and the love of 
God: these ought ye to have done, and not 
to leave the other undone. 

43 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love 
the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and 
greetings in the markets. 

47 Woe unto you! for ye build the sepul- 
chres of the prophets, and your fathers 
killed them. 

53 And as he said these things unto 
them, the scribes and the Pharisees began 
to urge him vehemently, and to provoke 
him to speak of many things : 

54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to 
catch something out of his mouth, that 
they might accuse him. 

CHAPTER XII. 

16 And he spake a parable unto them, 
saying, The ground of a certain rich man 
brought forth plentifully: 

17 And he thought within himself, say- 
ing, What shall I do, because I have no 
room where to bestow my fruits? 



220 ST. LUKE. 

18 And he said, This will I do: I will 
pull down my barns, and build greater; 
and there will I bestow all my fruits and 
my goods. 

19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou 
hast much goods laid up for many years; 
take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. 

20 But God said unto him, Thou, fool, this 
night thy soul shall be required of thee: 
then whose shall those things be, which 
thou hast provided? 

21 So is he that layeth up treasure for 
himself, and is not rich toward God. 

22 ft And he said unto his disciples, 
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought 
for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for 
the body, what ye shall put on. 

27 Consider the lilies how they grow: 
they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say 
unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was 
not arrayed like one of these. 

28 If then God so clothe the grass, which 
is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast 
into the oven; how much more will he 
clothe you, O ye of little faith? 

29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or 



ST. LUKE. 221 

what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubt- 
ful mind. 

31 fl But rather seek ye the kingdom of 
God; and all these things shall be added 
unto you. 

CHAPTER XV. 

Then drew near unto him all the pub- 
licans and sinners for to hear him. 

2 And the Pharisees and scribes mur- 
mured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, 
and eateth with them. 

3 fl And he spake this parable unto 
them, saying, 

4 What man of you, having a hundred 
sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave 
the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and 
go after that which is lost, until he find it? 

5 And when he hath found it, he layeth 
it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 

6 And when he cometh home, he calleth 
together his friends and neighbours, saying 
unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have 
found my sheep which was lost. 

7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall 
be in heaven over one sinner that repent- 



222 ST. JOHN. 

eth, more than over ninety and nine just 
persons, which need no repentance. 

8 U Either what woman having ten 
pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth 
not light a candle, and sweep the house, 
and seek diligently till she find iff 

9 And when she hath found it, she call- 
eth her friends and her neighbours together, 
saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found 
the piece which I had lost. 

10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy 
in the presence of the angels of God over 
one sinner that repenteth. 



ST. JOHN. 



CHAPTER I. 

In the beginning was the Word, and the 
Word was with God, and the Word was 
God. 

2 The same was in the beginning with 
God. 

3 All things were made by him; and 



ST. JOHN. 223 

without him was not any thing made that 
was made. 

4 In him was life; and the life was the 
light of men. 

5 And the light shineth in darkness; and 
the darkness comprehended it not. 

6 ft There was a man sent from God, 
whose name was John. 

7 The same came for a witness, to bear 
witness of the Light, that all men through 
him might believe. 

8 He was not that Light, but was sent to 
bear witness of that Light. 

9 That was the true Light, which light- 
eth every man that cometh into the world. 

10 He was in the world, and the world 
was made by him, and the world knew him 
not. 

11 He came unto his own, and his own 
received him not. 

12 But as many as received him, to them 
gave he power to become the sons of God, 
even to them that believe on his name: 

13 Which were born, not of blood, nor 
of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of 
man, but of God. 



224 ST. JOHN. 

16 And of his fulness have all we re- 
ceived, and grace for grace. 

CHAPTER II. 

And the third day there was a marriage 
in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus 
was there : 

2 And both Jesus was called, and his 
disciples, to the marriage. 

3 And when they wanted wine, the 
mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have 
no wine. 

4 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what 
have I to do with thee? mine hour is not 
yet come. 

5 His mother saith unto the servants, 
Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it. 

6 And there were set there six waterpots 
of stone, after the manner of the purifying 
of the Jews, containing two or three firkins 
apiece. 

7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the water- 
pots with water. And they filled them up 
to the brim. 

8 And he saith unto them, Draw out 



ST. JOHN. 225 

now, and bear unto the governor of the 
feast. And they bare it. 

9 When the ruler of the feast had tasted 
the water that was made wine, and knew 
not whence it was, (but the servants which 
drew the water knew,) the governor of the 
feast called the bridegroom, 

10 And saith unto him, Every man at 
the beginning doth set forth good wine; 
and when men have well drunk, then that 
which is worse: but thou hast kept the good 
wine until now. 

11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus 
in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth 
his glory; and his disciples believed on him. 

CHAPTER III. 

There was a man of the Pharisees, 
named Mcodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 

2 The same came to Jesus by night, and 
said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou 
art a teacher come from God: for no man 
can do these miracles that thou doest, ex- 
cept God be with him. 

3 Jesus answered and said unto him, 
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a 

Wi. Bi.— 15. 



«6 ST. JOHN. 

man be born again, he cannot see the king- 
dom of God. 

i Xieodemus saith unto him. How can a 
man be born when he is old? 

5 Jesus answered. Verily, verily, I say 
unto thee. Except a man be born of water 
and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the 
kingdom of God. 

6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; 
and that which is born of the Spirit is 
spirit. 

7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye 
must be born again. 

8 The wind bloweth where it listeth. and 
thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst 
not tell whence it cometh. and whither it 
goeth: so is every one that is born of the 
Spirit. 

9 Xieodemus answered and said unto 
him. How can these things be? 

10 Jesus answered and said unto him. 
Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest 
not these things? 

12 If I have told you earthly things, and 
ve believe not. how shall ve believe, if I tell 
you of heavenly things? 



ST. JOHN, 227 

13 And no man hath ascended up to 
heaven, but he that came down from 
heaven, even the Son of man which is in 
heaven. 

14 fl And as Moses lifted up the serpent 
in the wilderness, even so must the Son of 
man be lifted up : 

15 That w T hosoever believeth in him 
should not perish, but have eternal life. 

16 fl For God so loved the world, that 
he gave his only begotten Son, that whoso- 
ever believeth in him should not perish, but 
have everlasting life. 

17 For God sent not his Son into the 
world to condemn the world; but that the 
world through him might be saved. 

CHAPTER IV. 

6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus 
therefore, being wearied with his journey, 
sat thus on the well: and it was about the 
sixth hour. 

7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to 
draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me 
to drink. 



228 ST. JOHN. 

9 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto 
him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, 
askest drink of me, which am a woman of 
Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings 
with the Samaritans. 

10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If 
thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is 
that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou 
wouldest have asked of him, and he would 
have given thee living water. 

11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou 
hast nothing to draw with, and the well is 
deep: from whence then hast thou that 
living water? 

12 Art thou greater than our father 
Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank 
thereof himself, and his children, and his 
cattle? 

13 Jesus answered and said unto her, 
Whosoever drinketh of this water shall 
thirst again: 

14 But whosoever drinketh of the water 
that I shall give him shall never thirst; but 
the water that I shall give him shall be in 
him a well of water springing up into ever- 
lasting life. 



ST. JOHN. 229 

19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I per- 
ceive that thou art a prophet. 

20 Our fathers worshipped in this moun- 
tain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the 
place where men ought to worship. 

21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe 
me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither 
in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, 
worship the Father. 

23 But the hour cometh, and now is, 
when the true worshippers shall worship 
the Father in spirit and in truth: for the 
Father seeketh such to worship him. 

24 God is a Spirit : and they that worship 
him must worship him in spirit and in 
truth. 

CHAPTER VI. 

47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that 
believeth on me hath everlasting life. 

48 I am that bread of life. 

49 Your fathers did eat manna in the 
wilderness, and are dead. 

50 This is the bread which cometh down 
from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, 
and not die. 



230 ST. JOHN. 

51 I am the living bread which came 
down from heaven: if any man eat of this 
bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread 
that I will give is my' flesh, which I will 
give for the life of the world. 

59 These things said he in the syna- 
gogue, as he taught in Capernaum. 

60 Many therefore of his disciples, when 
they had heard this, said, This is a hard 
saying; who can hear it? 

61 When Jesus knew in himself that his 
disciples murmured at it, he said unto 
them. Doth this offend you? 

66 ]\ From that time many of his dis- 
ciples went back, and walked no more with 
him. 

67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will 
ye also go away? 

CHAPTER X. 

7 Then said Jesus unto them again, 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door 
of the sheep. 

8 All that ever came before me are 
thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not 
hear them. 



ST. JOHN. 231 

9 I am the door: by me if any man enter 
in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and 
out, and find pasture. 

10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, 
and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that 
they might have life, and that they might 
have it more abundantly. 

11 I am the good shepherd: the good 
shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. 

12 But he that is a hireling, and not the 
shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, 
seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the 
sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth 
them, and scattereth the sheep. 

13 The hireling fleeth, because he is a 
hireling, and careth not for the sheep. 

14 I am the good shepherd, and know my 
sheep, and am known of mine. 

CHAPTER XIV. 

Let not your heant be troubled: ye be- 
lieve in God, believe also in me. 

2 In my Father's house are manj^ man- 
sions: if it toere not so, I would have told 
you. I go to prepare a place for you. 

3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, 



232 



ST. JOHN. 



I will come again, and receive you unto 
myself; that where I am, there ye may be 
also. 

4 And whither I go ye know, and the 
way ye know. 

5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know 
not whither thou goest; and how can we 
know the way? 

6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, 
the truth and the life: no man cometh 
unto the Father, but by me. 

7 If ye had known me, ye should have 
known my Father also: and from hence- 
forth ye know him, and have seen him. 

8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, sheAV us 
the Father, and it sufficeth us. 

9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so 
long time with you, and yet hast thou not 
known me, Philip? he that hath seen me 
hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou 
then, Shew us the Father? 

10 Believest thou not that I am in the 
Father, and the Father in me? the words 
that I speak unto you I speak not of my- 
self: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he 
doeth the works. 



ST. JOHN. 233 

12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that 
believeth on me, the works that I do shall 
he do also; and greater works than these 
shall he do; because I go unto my Father. 

13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my 
name, that will I do, that the Father may 
be glorified in the Son. 

CHAPTER XV. 

1 am the true vine, and my Father is the 
husbandman. 

2 Every branch in me that beareth not 
fruit he taketh away : and every branch that 
beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may 
bring forth more fruit. 

3 Now ye are clean through the word 
which I have spoken unto you. 

4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the 
branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it 
abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye 
abide in me. 

5 I am the vine, ye are the branches. He 
that abideth in me, and I in him, the same 
bringeth forth much fruit: for without me 
ye can do nothing. 

6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast 



234 ST. JOHN. 

forth as a branch, and is withered; and 
men gather them, and cast them into the 
fire, and they are burned. 

7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide 
in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it 
shall be done unto you. 

8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye 
bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. 

9 As the Father hath loved me, so have 
I loved you: continue ye in my love. 

10 If ye keep my commandments, ye 
shall abide in my love; even as I have kept 
my Father's commandments, and abide in 
his love. 

11 These things have I spoken unto you, 
that my joy might remain in you, and that 
your joy might be full. 

12 This is my commandment, That ye 
love one another, as I have loved you. 

13 Greater love hath no man than this, 
that a man lay down his life for his friends. 



THE ACTS. 235 



THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. 



CHAPTER V. 

But a certain man named Ananias, with 
Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, 

2 And kept back part of the price, his 
wife also being privy to it, and brought a 
certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet. 

3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath 
Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy 
Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of 
the land? 

4 While it remained, was it not thine 
own? and after it was sold, was it not in 
thine own power? why hast thou conceived 
this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied 
unto men, but unto God. 

5 And Ananias hearing these words fell 
down, and gave up the ghost: and great 
fear came on all them that heard these 
things. 

6 And the young men arose, wound him 
up, and carried him out, and buried him. 

7 And it was about the space of three 



236 THE ACTS. 

hours after, when his wife, not knowing 
what was done, came in. 

8 And Peter answered unto her, Tell me 
whether ye sold the land for so much? And 
she said, Yea, for so much. 

9 Then Peter said unto her, How is it 
that ye have agreed together to tempt the 
Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them 
which have buried thy husband are at the 
door, and shall carry thee out. 

10 Then fell she down straightway at his 
feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the 
young men came in, and found her dead, 
and, carrying her forth, buried lier by her 
husband. 

11 And great fear came upon all the 
church, and upon as many as heard these 
things. 



i t^ 



CHAPTER XVII. 

16 ff Now while Paul waited for them 
at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, 
when he saw the city wholly given to idola- 
try. 

18 Then certain philosophers of the Epi- 
cureans, and of the Stoics, encountered 



THE ACTS. 237 

him. And some said, What will this 
babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be 
a setter forth of strange gods: because he 
preached unto them Jesus, and the resur- 
rection. 

19 And they took him, and brought him 
unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what 
this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, 
is? 

22 J[ Then Paul stood in the midst of 
Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I 
perceive that in all things ye are too super- 
stitious. 

23 For as I passed by, and beheld your 
devotions, I found an altar with this in- 
scription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. 
Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, 
him declare I unto you. 

24 God that made the world and all 
things therein, seeing that he is Lord of 
heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples 
made with hands; 

25 Neither is worshipped with men's 
hands, as though he needed anything, see- 
ing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all 
things; 



238 



THE ACTS. 



26 And hath made of one blood all na- 
tions of men for to dwell on all the face of 
the earth, and hath determined the times 
before appointed, and the bounds of their 
habitation; 

27 That they should seek the Lord, if 
haply they might feel after him, and find 
him, though he be not far from every one 
of us: 

28 For in him we live, and move, and 
have our being; as certain also of your own 
poets have said, For we are also his off- 
spring. 

29 Forasmuch then as we are the off- 
spring of God. we ought not to think that 
the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or 
stone, graven by art and man's device. 

30 And the times of this ignorance God 
winked at; but now commandeth all men 
every where to repent : 

31 Because he hath appointed a day, in 
the which he will judge the world in right- 
eousness by that man whom he hath or- 
dained; whereof he hath given assurance 
unto all men, in that he hath raised him 
from the dead. 



THE ACTS. 239 

32 ft And when they heard of the resur- 
rection of the dead, some mocked: and 
others said, We will hear thee again of this 
matter. 

CHAPTER XIX. 

21 fl After these things were ended, Paul 
purposed in the spirit, when he had passed 
through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to 
Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there 
I must also see Rome. 

22 So he sent into Macedonia two of 
them that ministered unto him, Timotheus 
and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia 
for a season. 

23 And the same time there arose no 
small stir about that way. 

24 For a certain man named Demetrius, 
a silversmith, which made silver shrines for 
Diana, brought no small gain unto the 
craftsmen ; 

25 Whom he called together with the 
workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, 
ye know that by this craft we have our 
wealth. 

26 Moreover ye see and hear, that not 
alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout 



240 THE ACTS. 

all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and 
turned away much people, saying that they 
be no gods, which are made with hands: 

27 So that not only this our craft is in 
clanger to be set at nought; but also that 
the temple of the great goddess Diana 
should be despised, and her magnificence 
should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the 
world worshippeth. 

28 And when they heard these sayings, 
they were full of wrath, and cried out, say- 
ing, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. 

CHAPTER XXVI. 

Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art 
permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul 
stretched forth the hand, and answered for 
himself: 

2 I think myself happy, king Agrippa, 
because I shall answer for myself this day 
before thee touching all the things whereof 
I am accused of the Jews; 

3 Especially because I know thee to be 
expert in all customs and questions which 
are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech 
thee to hear me patiently. 



THE ACTS. 241 

4 My manner of life from my youth, 
which was at the first among mine own 
nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews; 

5 Which knew me from the beginning, 
if they would testify, that after the most 
straitest sect of our religion I lived a Phar- 
isee. 

CHAPTER XXVI. 

19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was 
not disobedient unto the heavenly vision: 

20 But shewed first unto them of Damas- 
cus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all 
the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gen- 
tiles, that they should repent and turn to 
God, and do works meet for repentance. 

22 Having therefore obtained help of 
God, I continue unto this day, witnessing 
both to small and great, saying none other 
things than those which the prophets and 
Moses did say should come: 

23 That Christ should suffer, and that he 
should be the first that should rise from 
the dead, and should shew light unto the 
people, and to the Gentiles. 

24 And as he thus spake for himself, 

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242 THE ACTS. 

Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou 
art beside thyself; much learning doth 
make thee mad. 

25 But he said, I am not mad, most noble 
Festus; but speak forth the words of truth 
and soberness. 

26 For the king knoweth of these things, 
before whom also I speak freely: for I am 
persuaded that none of these things are 
hidden from him; for this thing was not 
done in a corner. 

27 King Agrippa, believest thou the 
prophets? I know that thou believest. 

28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost 
thou persuadest me to be a Christian. 

29 And Paul said, I would to God, that 
not only thou, but also all that hear me this 
day, were both almost, and altogether such 
as I am, except these bonds. 

30 And when he had thus spoken, the 
king rose up, and the governor, and Ber- 
nice, and they that sat with them: 

31 And when they were gone aside, they 
talked between themselves, saying, This 
man doeth nothing worthy of death or of 
bonds. 



THE ACTS. 243 

32 Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This 
man might have been set at liberty, if he 
had not appealed unto Caesar. 



CHAPTER XXVII. 

22 And now I exhort you to be of good 
cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's 
life among you, but of the ship. 

23 For there stood by me this night the 
angel of God, whose I am, and whom I 
serve, 

24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be 
brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath 
given thee all them that sail with thee. 

25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for 
I believe God, that it shall be even as it was 
told me. 

26 Howbeit we must be cast upon a 
certain island. 

27 But when the fourteenth night was 
come, as we were driven up and down in 
Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed 
that they drew near to some country; 

28 And sounded, and found it twenty 
fathoms: and when they had gone a little 



244 THE ACTS. 

further, they sounded again, and found it 
fifteen fathoms. 

29 Then fearing lest we should have 
fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors 
out of the stern, and wished for the 
day. 

30 And as the shipmen were about to 
flee out of the ship, when they had let down 
the boat into the sea, under colour as 
though they would have east anchors out 
of the foreskip, 

31 Paul said to the centurion and to the 
soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye 
cannot be saved. 

32 Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of 
the boat, and let her fall off. 

37 And we were in all in the ship two 
hundred threescore and sixteen souls. 

39 And when it was day, they knew not 
the land: but they discovered a certain 
creek with a shore, into the which they 
were minded, if it were possible, to thrust 
in the ship. 

41 And falling into a place where two 
seas met, they ran the ship aground; and 
the forepart stuck fast, and remained un- 



THE ACTS. 245 

movable, but the hinder part was broken 
with the violence of the waves. 

42 And the soldiers' counsel was to kill 
the prisoners, lest any of them should swim 
out and escape. 

43 But the centurion, willing to save 
Paul, kept them from their purpose; and 
commanded that they which could swim 
should cast themselves first into the sea, and 
get to land: 

44 And the rest, some on boards, and 
some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it 
came to pass, that they escaped all safe to 
land. 

CHAPTER XXVIII. 

And when they were escaped, then they 
knew that the island was called Melita. 

2 And the barbarous people shewed us 
no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, 
and received us every one, because of the 
present rain, and because of the cold. 

3 And when Paul had gathered a bundle 
of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there 
came a viper out of the heat, and fastened 
on his hand. 



246 THE ACTS. 

4 And when the barbarians saw the 
venomous beast hang on his hand, they said 
among themselves, No doubt this man is a 
murderer, whom, though he hath escaped 
the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to 
live. 

5 And he shook off the beast into the fire, 
and felt no harm. 

6 Howbeit they looked when he should 
have swollen, or fallen down dead sud- 
denly: but after they had looked a great 
while, and saw no harm come to him, they 
changed their minds, and said that he was 
a god. 

7 In the same quarters were possessions 
of the chief man of the island, whose name 
was Publius; who received us, and lodged 
us three days courteously. 

8 And it came to pass, that the father of 
Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody 
flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, 
and laid his hands on him, and healed him. 

9 So when this was done, others also, 
which had diseases in the island, came, and 
were healed : 

10 Who also honoured us with many 



ROMANS. 247 

honours; and when we departed, they laded 
us with such things as were necessary. 

11 And after three months we departed 
in a ship of Alexandria, which had win- 
tered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and 
Pollux. 

12 And landing at Syracuse, we tarried 
there three days. 



ROMANS- 



CHAPTER XII. 

9 Let love be without dissimulation. 
Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that 
which is good. 

10 Be kindly affectioned one to another 
with brotherly love; in honour preferring 
one another; 

11 Not slothful in business; fervent in 
spirit; serving the Lord; 

12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribula- 
tion; continuing instant in prayer; 

14 Bless them which persecute you: 
bless, and curse not. 



248 ROMANS. 

15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, 
and weep with them that weep. 

16 Be of the same mind one toward an- 
other. Mind nut high things, but con- 
descend to men of low estate. Be not wise 
in your own conceits. 

17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. 
Provide things honest in the sight of all 
men. 

18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in 
you. live peaceably with all men. 

20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed 
him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so 
doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his 
head. 

21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome 
evil with good. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

Let every soul be subject unto the 
higher powers. For there is no power but 
of God: the powers that be are ordained of 
God. 

2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the 
power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and 



ROMANS. 249 

they that resist shall receive to themselves 
damnation. 

3 For rulers are not a terror to good 
works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not 
be afraid of the power? do that which is 
good, and thou shalt have praise of the 
same: 

7 Bender therefore to all their dues: 
tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to 
whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour 
to whom honour. 

8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one 
another: for he that loveth another hath 
fulfilled the law. 

10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: 
therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. 

11 And that, knowing the time, that now 
it is high time to awake out of sleep: for 
now is our salvation nearer than when we 
believed. 

12 The night is far spent, the day is at 
hand: let us therefore cast off the works of 
darkness, and let us put on the armour of 
light. 



250 ROMANS. 

CHAPTER XIV. 

7 For none of us liveth to himself, and 
no man dieth to himself. 

8 For whether we live, we live unto the 
Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the 
Lord : whether we live therefore, or die, we 
are the Lord's. 

9 For to this end Christ both died and 
rose, and revived, that he might be Lord 
both of the dead and living. 

10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? 
or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? 
for we shall all stand before the judgment 
seat of Christ. 

11 For it is written, As I live, saith the 
Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every 
tongue shall confess to God. 

12 So then every one of us shall give ac- 
count of himself to God. 

13 Let us not therefore judge one an- 
other any more: but judge this rather, 
that no man put a stumbling-block or an 
occasion to fall in his brother's way. 

14 I know, and am persuaded by the 
Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of 



I. CORINTHIANS. 251 

itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing 
to be unclean, to him it is unclean. 

16 Let not then your good, be evil spoken 
of: 

17 For the kingdom of God is not meat 
and drink; but righteousness, and peace, 
and joy in the Holy Ghost. 

21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to 
drink wine, nor any tiling whereby thy 
brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is 
made weak. 

22 Hast thou faith? have it to thyself 
before God. Happy is he that condemneth 
not himself in that thing which he allow- 
eth. 



I. CORINTHIANS- 



CHAPTER ill. 

5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, 
but ministers by whom ye believed, even as 
the Lord gave to every man? 

6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but 
God gave the increase. 



252 I. CORINTHIANS. 

7 So then neither is he that planteth any 
thing, neither he that watereth; but God 
that giveth the increase. 

9 For we are labourers together with 
God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's 
building. 

16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of 
God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in 
you? 

17 If any man defile the temple of God, 
him shall God destroy; for the temple of 
God is holy, which temple ye are. 

18 Let no man deceive himself. If any 
man among you seemeth to be wise in this 
world, let him become a fool, that he may 
be wise. 

19 For the wisdom of this world is fool- 
ishness with God: for it is written, He 
taketh the wise in their own craftiness. 

21 Therefore let no man glory in men: 
for all things are yours; 

22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, 
or the world, or life, or death, or things 
present, or things to come; all are yours; 

23 And ye are Christ's; and Christ is 
God's. 



I. CORINTHIANS. 253 

CHAPTER IX. 

7 Who goetli a warfare any time at his 
own charges? who planteth a vineyard, 
and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who 
feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk 
of the flock? 

8 Say I these things as a man? or saith 
not the law the same also? 

9 For it is written in the law of Moses, 
Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox 
that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take 
care for oxen? 

10 Or saith he it altogether for our 
sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is 
written: that he that ploweth should plow 
in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope 
should be partaker of his hope. 

24 Know ye not that they which run in a 
race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So 
run, that ye may obtain. 

25 And every man that striveth for the 
mastery is temperate in all things. Now 
they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; 
but we an incorruptible. 

26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; 



254 I. CORINTHIANS. 

so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 
27 But I keep under my body, and bring 
it into subjection: lest that by any means, 
when I have preached to others, I myself 
should be a castaway. 

CHAPTER X. 

11 Now all these things happened unto 
them for ensamples: and they are written 
for our admonition, upon whom the ends of 
the world are come. 

12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he 
standeth take heed lest he fall. 

13 There hath no temptation taken you 
but such as is common to man : but God is 
faithful, who will not suffer you to be 
tempted above that ye are able; but will 
with the temptation also make a way to es- 
cape, that ye may be able to bear it. 

21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, 
and the cup of devils: ye cannot be par- 
takers of the Lord's table, and of the table 
of devils. 

22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? 
are we stronger than he? 



I. CORINTHIANS. 255 

23 All things are lawful for me, but all 
things are not expedient: all things are 
lawful for me, but all things edify not. 

24 Let no man seek his own, but every 
man another's wealth. 

27 If any of them that believe not bid 
you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; 
whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking 
no question for conscience' sake. 

31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or 
whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of 
God. 

CHAPTER XII. 

14 For the body is not one member, but 
many. 

15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not 
the hand, I am not of the body; is it there- 
fore not of the body? 

16 And if the ear shall say, Because I am 
not the eye, I am not of the body; is it there- 
fore not of the body? 

17 If the whole body were an eye, where 
were the hearing? If the whole ivere hear- 
ing, where were the smelling? 

18 But now hath God set the members 



256 I. CORINTHIANS. 

every one of them in the body, as it hath 
pleased him. 

19 And if they were all one member, 
where were the body? 

20 But now are they many members, yet 
but one body. 

21 And the eye cannot say unto the 
hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the 
head to the feet, I have no need of you. 

26 And whether one member suffer, all 
the members suffer with it; or one member 
be honoured, all the members rejoice with 
it. 

30 Have all the gifts of healing? do all 
speak with tongues? do all interpret? 

31 But covet earnestly the best gifts: 
and yet shew I unto you a more excellent 
way. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

Though I speak with the tongues of men 
and of angels, and have not charity, I am 
become as sounding brass, or a tinkling 
cymbal. 

2 And though I have Hie gift of prophecy, 
and understand all mysteries, and all 



I. CORINTHIANS. 257 

knowledge; and though I have all faith, so 
that I could remove mountains, and have 
not charity, I am nothing. 

3 And though I bestow all my goods to 
feed the poor, and though I give my body to 
be burned, and have not charity, it profit- 
eth me nothing, 

4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; 
charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not 
itself, is not puffed up, 

5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seek- 
eth not her own, is not easily provoked, 
thinketh no evil; 

6 Eejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth 
in the truth ; 

7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, 
hopeth all things, endureth all things. 

8 Charity never faileth: but whether 
there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether 
there be tongues, they shall cease; whether 
there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. 

9 For Ave know in part, and we prophesy 
in part. 

10 But when that which is perfect is 
come, then that which is in part shall be 
done away. 

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258 I. CORINTHIANS. 

11 When I was a child, I spake as a 
child, I understood as a child, I thought as 
a child: but when I became a man, I put 
away childish things. 

12 For now we see through a glass, dark- 
ly; but then face to face: now I know in 
part; but then shall I know even as also I 
am known. 

13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, 
these three; but the greatest of these is 
charity. 

CHAPTER XIV. 

6 Now, brethren, if I come unto you 
speaking with tongues, what shall I profit 
you, except I shall speak to you either by 
revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophe- 
sying, or by doctrine? 

7 And even things without life giving 
sound, whether pipe or harp; except they 
give a distinction in the sounds, how T shall 
it be known what is piped or harped? 

8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain 
sound, who shall prepare himself to the 
battle? 

10 There are, it may be, so many kinds 



I. CORINTHIANS. 259 

of voices in the world, and none of them is 
without signification. 

11 Therefore if I know not the meaning 
of the voice, I shall be unto him that speak- 
eth a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall 
be a barbarian unto me. 

15 What is it then? I will praj^ with the 
spirit, and I will pray with the understand- 
ing also: I will sing with the spirit, and I 
will sing with the understanding also. 

37 If any man think himself to be a 
prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge 
that the things that I write unto you are 
the commandments of the Lord. 

38 But if any man be ignorant, let him 
be ignorant. 

40 Let all things be done decently and in 
order. 

CHAPTER XV. 

35 But some man will say, How are the 
dead raised up? and with what body do 
they come? 

36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is 
not quickened, except it die : 



260 I. CORINTHIANS. 

37 And that which thou sowest, thou 
sowest not that body that shall be, but 
bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of 
some other grain : 

38 But God giveth it a body as it hath 
pleased him, and to every seed his own 
body. 

39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but 
there is one kind of flesh of men, another 
flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and an- 
other of birds. 

40 There are also celestial bodies, and 
bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the 
celestial is one, and the glory of the terres- 
trial is another. 

41 There is one glory of the sun, and an- 
other glory of the moon, and another glory 
of the stars: for one star differeth from 
another star in glory. 

42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. 
It is sown in corruption; it is raised in in- 
corruption : 

43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in 
glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in 
power: 

44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised 



GALATIANS. 261 

a spiritual body. There is a natural body, 
and there is a spiritual body. 

51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We 
shall not all sleep, but we shall all be 
changed, 

52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an 
eye, at the last trump : for the trumpet shall 
sound, and the dead shall be raised incor- 
ruptible, and we shall be changed. 

53 For this corruptible must put on in- 
corruption, and this mortal must put on im- 
mortality. 

54 So when this corruptible shall have 
put on incorruption, and this mortal shall 
have put on immortality, then shall be 
brought to pass the saying that is written, 
Death is swallowed up in victory. 



GALATIANS. 



CHAPTER V. 

16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, 
and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 

17 For the flesh lusteth against the 



262 GALATIANS. 

Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and 
these are contrary the one to the other: so 
that ye cannot do the things that ye would. 

18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are 
not under the law. 

19 Now the works of the flesh are mani- 
fest, which are these; Adultery, fornica- 
tion, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 

20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, 
emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, here- 
sies, 

21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, rev- 
ellings, and such like: of the v/hich I 
tell you before, as I have also told you in 
time past, that they which do such things 
shall not inherit the kingdom of God. 

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, 
peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, 
faith, 

23 Meekness, temperance: against such 
there is no law. 

CHAPTER VI. 

2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so 
fulfil the law of Christ. 

3 For if a man think himself to be some- 



GALATIANS. 263 

thing, when he is nothing, he deceiveth 
himself. 

4 But let every man prove his own work, 
and then shall he have rejoicing in himself 
alone, and not in another. 

5 For every man shall bear his own 
burden. 

6 Let him that is taught in the word 
communicate unto him that teacheth in all 
good things. 

7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: 
for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he 
also reap. 

8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of 
the flesh reap corruption; but he that sow- 
eth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life 
everlasting. 

9 And let us not be weary in well doing: 
for in due season we shall reap, if we faint 
not. 

10 As we have therefore opportunity, let 
us do good unto all men, especially unto 
them who are of the household of faith. 



264 EPHESIAXS. 



EPHESIANS. 



CHAPTER VI. 

Children, obey your parents in the 
Lord: for this is right. 

2 Honour thy father and mother; which 
is the first commandment with promise; 

3 That it may be well with thee, and 
thou mayest live long on the earth. 

11 Put on the whole armour of God, that 
ye may be able to stand against the wiles 
of the devil. 

12 For we wrestle not against flesh and 
blood, but against principalities, against 
powers, against the rulers of the darkness 
of this world, against spiritual wickedness 
in high places, 

13 Wherefore take unto you the whole 
armour of God, that ye may be able to with- 
stand in the evil day, and having done all, 
to stand. 

14 Stand therefore, having your loins 
girt about with truth, and having on the 
breastplate of righteousness; 



PHILIPPIANS. 265 

15 And your feet shod with the prepara- 
tion of the Gospel of peace; 

16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, 
wherewith ye shall be able to quench all 
the fiery darts of the wicked. 

17 And take the helmet of salvation, and 
the sword of the Spirit, which is the word 
of God. 



PHILIPPIANS. 



CHAPTERS II and IV. 

2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like-minded, 
having the same love, being of one accord, 
of one mind. 

3 Let nothing be done through strife or 
vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each 
esteem other better than themselves. 

4 Look not every man on his own things, 
but every man also on the things of others. 

14 Do all things without murmurings 
and disputings: 

15 That ye may be blameless and harm- 
less, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the 
midst of a crooked and perverse nation, 



266 COLOSSIANS. 

among whom ye shine as lights in the 
world; 

4 Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I 
say, Rejoice. 

5 Let your moderation be known unto all 
men. The Lord is at hand. 

8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things 
are true, whatsoever things are honest, 
whatsoever things are just, whatsoever 
things are pure, whatsoever things are love- 
ly, whatsoever things are of good report; if 
there he any virtue, and if there he any 
praise, think on these things. 



COLOSSIANS. 



CHAPTER III. 

2 Set your aff ection on things above, not 
on things on the earth. 

8 But now ye also put off all these; 
anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy 
communication out of your mouth. 

9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye 
have put off the old man with his deeds; 



COLOSSIANS. 267 

10 And have put on the new man, which 
is renewed in knowledge after the image of 
him that created him : 

14 And above all these things put on 
charity, which is the bond of perf ectness. 

15 And let the peace of God rule in your 
hearts, to the which also ye are called in 
one body; and be ye thankful. 

16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you 
richly in all wisdom; teaching and admon- 
ishing one another in psalms and hymns 
and spiritual songs, singing with grace in 
your hearts to the Lord. 

23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, 
as to the Lord, and not unto men; 

24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall 
receive the reward of the inheritance: for 
ye serve the Lord Christ. 

25 But he that doeth wrong shall receive 
for the wrong which he hath done: and 
there is no respect of persons. 



268 



I. THESSALONIANS. 



I. THESSALONIANS. 



CHAPTER V. 

But of the times and the seasons, 
brethren, ye have no need that I write unto 
you. 

2 For yourselves know perfectly that the 
day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the 
night. 

5 Ye are all the children of light, and the 
children of the day: we are not of the night, 
nor of darkness. 

6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; 
but let us watch and be sober. 

7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; 
and they that be drunken are drunken in 
the night. 

8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, 
putting on the breastplate of faith and 
love; and for a helmet, the hope of salva- 
tion. 

11 Wherefore comfort yourselves to- 



I. THESSALOXIANS. 269 

gether, and edify one another, even as also 
ye do. 

12 And we beseech you, brethren, to 
know them which labour among you, and 
are over you in the Lord, and admonish 
you; 

13 And to esteem them very highly in 
love for their work's sake. And be at peace 
among yourselves. 

14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn 
them that are unruly, comfort the feeble- 
minded, support the weak, be patient to- 
ward all men. 

15 See that none render evil for evil unto 
any man; but ever follow that which is 
good, both among yourselves, and to all 
men. 

16 Rejoice evermore. 

21 Prove all things; hold fast that which 
is good. 

22 Abstain from all appearance of evil. 



270 I. TIMOTHY. 



L TIMOTHY. 



CHAPTER VI. 

6 But godliness with contentment is 
great gain. 

7 For we brought nothing into this 
world, and it is certain we can carry noth- 
ing out. 

8 And having food and raiment let us be 
therewith content. 

9 But they that will be rich fall into 
temptation and a snare, and into many fool- 
ish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in 
destruction and perdition. 

10 For the love of money is the root of 
all evil: wilich while some coveted after, 
they have erred from the faith, and pierced 
themselves through with manv sorrows. 

12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold 
on eternal life, whereunto thou art also 
called, and hast professed a good profession 
before many witnesses. 

17 Charge them that are rich in this 
world, that they be not high-minded, nor 



HEBREWS. 271 

trust in uncertain riches, but in the living 
God, who giveth us richly all things to en- 
joy; 

18 That they do good, that they be rich 
in good works, ready to distribute, willing 
to communicate; 

19 Laying up in store for themselves a 
good foundation against the time to come, 
that they may lay hold on eternal life. 



HEBREWS. 



CHAPTER VI. 

7 For the earth which drinketh in the 
rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth 
forth herbs meet for them by whom it is 
dressed, receiveth blessing from God: 

8 But that which beareth thorns and 
briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; 
whose end is to be burned. 

9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better 
things of you, and things that accompany 
salvation, though we thus speak. 



ZiZ HEBREWS. 

10 For God is not unrighteous to forget 
your work and labour of love, which ye 
have shewed toward his name, in that ye 
have ministered to the saints, and do 
minister. 

11 And we desire that every one of you 
do shew the same diligence to the full as- 
surance of hope unto the end: 

12 That ye be not slothful, but followers 
of them who through faith and patience in- 
herit the promises. 

13 For when God made promise to Abra- 
ham, because he could swear by no greater. 
he sware by himself. 

11 Saying. Surely blessing I will bless 
thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. 

15 And so. after he had patiently en- 
dured, he obtained the promise. 

19 Which hope we have as an anchor of 
the soul, both sure and steadfast, and whi<:h 
entereth into that within the veil. 

CHAPTER XL 

Xow faith is the substance of things 
hoped for. the evidence of things not seen. 



HEBREWS. 273 

3 Through faith we understand that the 
worlds were framed by the word of God, so 
that things which are seen were not made 
of things which do appear. 

4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more 
excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he 
obtained witness that he was righteous, 
God testifying of his gifts: and by it he 
being dead yet speaketh. 

5 By faith Enoch was translated that he 
should not see death; and was not found, 
because God had translated him : for before 
his translation he had this testimony, that 
he pleased God. 

6 But without faith it is impossible to 
please him: for he that cometh to God must 
believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder 
of them that diligently seek him. 

7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of 
things not seen as yet, moved with fear, 
prepared an ark to the saving of his house; 
by the which he condemned the world, and 
became heir of the righteousness which is 
by faith. 

8 By faith Abraham, when he was called 
to go out into a place which he should after 

Wi. Bi.— 18. 



274 



HEBREWS. 



receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he 
went out, not knowing whither he went. 

9 By faith he sojourned in the land of 
promise, as in a strange country, dwelling 
in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the 
heirs with him of the same promise : 

10 For he looked for a city which hath 
foundations, whose builder and maker is 
God. 



CHAPTER XII. 

Wherefore, seeing we also are com- 
passed about with so great a cloud of wit- 
nesses, let us lay aside every weight, and 
the sin which doth so easily beset us, and 
let us run with patience the race that is set 
before us, 

4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, 
striving against sin. 

5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation 
which speaketh unto you as unto children, 
My son, despise not thou the chastening of 
the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked 
of him: 

6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasten- 



HEBREWS. 275 

eth, and scourgeth every son whom he re- 
ceiveth. 

12 Wherefore lift up the hands which 
hang down, and the feeble knees; 

13 And make straight paths for your 
feet, lest that which is lame be turned out 
of the way; but let it rather be healed. 

14 Follow peace with all rnen, and holi- 
ness, without which no man shall see the 
Lord: 

18 For ye are not come unto the mount 
that might be touched, and that burned 
with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, 
and tempest, 

22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, 
and unto the city of the living God, the 
heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable 
company of angels. . 

CHAPTER XIII. 

Let brotherly love continue. 

2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: 
for thereby some have entertained angels 
unawares. 

3 Remember them that are in bonds, as 



276 HEBREWS. 

bound with them; and them which suffer 
adversity, as being yourselves also in the 
body. 

5 Let your conversation be without covet- 
ousness; and be content with such things as 
ye have : for he hath said, I will never leave 
thee, nor forsake thee. 

12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might 
sanctify the people with his own blood, 
suffered without the gate. 

13 Let us go forth therefore unto him 
without the canip, bearing his reproach. 

14 For here have we no continuing city, 
but we seek one to come. 

16 But to do good and to communicate 
forget not: for with such sacrifices God is 
well pleased. 

17 Obey them that have the rule over 
you, and submit yourselves : for they watch 
for your souls, as they that must give ac- 
count, that they may do it with joy, and not 
with grief: for that is unprofitable for you. 



JAMES. 277 



JAMES- 



CHAPTER I. 

5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask 
of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and 
upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. 

6 But let him ask in faith, nothing 
wavering: for he that wavereth is like a 
wave of the sea driven with the wind and 
tossed. 

12 Blessed is the man that endureth 
temptation: for when he is tried, he shall 
receive the crown of life, which the Lord 
hath promised to them that love him. 

13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I 
am tempted of God: for God cannot be 
tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any 
man: 

14 But every man is tempted, when he is 
drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. 

17 Every good gift and every perfect gift 
is from above, and cometh down from the 
Father of lights, with whom is no variable- 
ness, neither shadow of turning. 



278 JAMES. 

19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let 
every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, 
slow to wrath. 

22 But be ye doers of the word, and not 
hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 

23 For if any be a hearer of the word, 
and not a doer, he is like unto a man be- 
holding his natural face in a glass: 

24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth 
his way, and straightway forgetteth what 
manner of man he was. 

25 But whoso looketh into the perfect 
law of liberty, and continueth therein, he 
being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of 
the work, this man shall be blessed in his 
deed. 

26 If any man among you seem to be 
religious and bridleth not his tongue, but 
deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion 
is vain. 

27 Pure religion and undeflled before 
God and the Father is this, To visit the 
fatherless and widows in their affliction, 
and to keep himself unspotted' from the 
world. 



JAMES. 279 



CHAPTER III. 

2 For in many things we offend all. If 
any man offend not in word, the same is a 
perfect man, and able also to bridle the 
whole body. 

3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' 
mouths, that they may obey us; and we 
turn about their whole body. 

4 Behold also the ships, which though 
they be so great, and are driven of fierce 
winds, yet are they turned about with a 
very small helm, whithersoever the govern- 
or listeth. 

5 Even so the tongue is a little member, 
and boasteth great things. Behold, how 
great a matter a little fire kindleth! 

6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of 
iniquity: so is the tongue among our mem- 
bers, that it defileth the whole body, and 
setteth on fire the course of nature; and it 
is set on fire of hell. 

7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, 
and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is 



280 JAMES. 

tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: 

8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is 
an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. 

9 Therewith bless we God, even the 
Father; and therewith curse we men, which 
are made after the similitude of God. 

10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth 
blessing and cursing. My brethren, these 
things ought not so to be. 

11 Doth a fountain send forth at the 
same place sweet water and bitter? 

12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear 
olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no 
fountain both yield salt water and fresh. 

14 But if ye have bitter envying and 
strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not 
against the truth. 

15 This wisdom descendeth not from 
above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 

16 For where envying and strife is, there 
is confusion and every evil work. 

17 But the wisdom that is from above is 
first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy 
to be entreated, full of mercy and good 
fruits, without partiality and without 
hypocrisy. 



I. PETER. 281 



I. PETER, 



CHAPTER III. 

8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having 
compassion one of another, love as breth- 
ren, be pitiful, be courteous: 

9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing 
for railing: but contrariwise blessing; 
knowing that ye are thereunto called, that 
ye should inherit a blessing. 

10 For he that will love life, and see good 
days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, 
and his lips that they speak no guile: 

11 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let 
him seek peace, and ensue it. 

12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the 
righteous, and his ears are open unto their 
prayers: but the face of the Lord is against 
them that do evil. 

13 And who is he that will harm you, if 
ye be followers of that which is good? 

14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' 
sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of 
their terror, neither be troubled; 



282 I. PETER. 

17 For it is better, if the will of God be 
so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for 
evil doing. 

CHAPTER IV. 

8 And above all things have fervent 
charity among yourselves: for charity 
shall cover the multitude of sins. 

9 Use hospitality one to another without 
grudging. 

10 As every man hath received the gift, 
even so minister the same one to another, as 
good stewards of the manifold grace of 
God. 

12 Beloved, think it not strange concern- 
ing the fiery trial which is to try you, as 
though some strange thing happened unto 
you: 

17 For the time is come that judgment 
must begin at the house of God: and if it 
first begin at us, what shall the end be of 
them that obey not the gospel of God? 

18 And if the righteous scarcely be 
saved, where shall the ungodly and the sin- 
ner appear? 

19 Wherefore let them that suffer ac- 



II. PETER. 283 

cording to the will of God commit the keep- 
ing of their souls to him in well doing, as 
unto a faithful Creator. 



II. PETER. 



CHAPTER II. 

4 For if God spared not the angels that 
sinned, but cast them down to hell, and de- 
livered them into chains of darkness, to be 
reserved unto judgment; 

5 And spared not the old world, but 
saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of 
righteousness, bringing in the flood upon 
the world of the ungodly; 

6 And turning the cities of Sodom and 
Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with 
an overthrow, making them an ensample 
unto those that after should live ungodly; 

7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the 
filthy conversation of the wicked: 

9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the 
godly out of temptations, and to reserve 
the unjust unto the day of judgment to be 
punished: 



284 II. PETER. 

10 But chiefly them that walk after the 
flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise 
government. Presumptuous are they, self- 
willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of 
dignities. 

11 Whereas angels, which are greater 
in power and might, bring not railing ac- 
cusation against them before the Lord. 

12 But these, as natural brute beasts, 
made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil 
of the things that they understand not; and 
shall utterly perish in their own corrup- 
tion. 

17 These are wells without water, clouds 
that are carried with a tempest; to whom 
the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. 

18 For when they speak great swelling 
tcords of vanity, they allure through the 
lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, 
those that were clean escaped from them 
who live in error. 

21 For it had been better for them not to 
have known the way of righteousness, than, 
after they have known it, to turn from the 
holy commandment delivered unto them. 



I. john. 285 



I. JOHN. 

CHAPTER I. 

That which was from the beginning, 
which we have heard, which we have seen 
with our eyes, which we have looked upon, 
and our hands have handled, of the Word 
of life; 

4 And these things write we unto you, 
that your joy may be full. 

5 This then is the message which we 
have heard of him, and declare unto you, 
that God is light, and in him is no darkness 
at all. 

6 If we say that we have fellowship with 
him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do 
not the truth : 

7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in 
the light, we have fellowship one with an- 
other, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son 
cleanseth us from all sin. 

8 If we say that we have no sin, we de- 
ceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 



286 i. johx. 

9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful 
and just to forgive us our sins, and to 
cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 



CHAPTER II. 

7 Brethren, I write no new command- 
ment unto you, but an old commandment 
which ye had from the beginning. The old 
commandment is the word which ye have 
heard from the beginning. 

8 Again, a new commandment I write 
unto you, which thing is true in him and in 
you: because the darkness is past, and the 
true light now shineth. 

9 He that saith he is in the light, and 
hateth his brother, is in darkness even until 
now. 

10 He that loveth his brother abideth in 
the light, and there is none occasion of 
stumbling in him. 

11 But he that hateth his brother is in 
darkness, and walketh in darkness, and 
knoweth not whither he goeth, because 
that darkness hath blinded his eyes. 



i. john. 28T 

CHAPTER III. 

4 Whosoever committeth sin transgress- 
eth also the law : for sin is the transgression 
of the law. „ 

7 Little children, let no man deceive 
you: he that doeth righteousness is right- 
eous, even as he is righteous. 

9 Whosoever is born of God doth not 
commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: 
and he cannot sin, because he is born of 
God. 

10 In this the children of God are mani- 
fest, and the children of the devil; whoso- 
ever doeth not righteousness is not of God, 
neither he that loveth not his brother. 

11 For this is the message that ye heard 
from the beginning, that we should love 
one another. 

12 Not as Cain, icho was of that wicked 
one, and slew his brother. And wherefore 
slew he him? Because his own works were 
evil, and his brother's righteous. 

15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a 
murderer: and ye know that no murderer 
hath eternal life abiding in him. 



288 i. johx. 

16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, 
because he laid down his life for us: and we 
ought to lay down our lives for the breth- 
ren. 

CHAPTER IV. 

8 He that loveth not, knoweth not God; 
for God is love. 

10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, 
but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be 
the propitiation for our sins. 

11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought 
also to love one another. 

12 Xo man hath seen God at any time. If 
we love one another, God dwelleth in us, 
and his love is perfected in us. 

13 Hereby know we that we dwell in 
him, and he in us, because he hath given us 
of his Spirit. 

15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is 
the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and 
he in God. 

16 And we have known and believed the 
love that God hath to us. God is love; and 
he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, 
and God in him. 



REVELATION. 289 

18 There is no fear in love; but perfect 
love casteth out fear: because fear hath 
torment. He that feareth is not made per- 
fect in love. 

19 We love him, because he first loved 
us. 

20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth 
his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth 
not his brother whom he hath seen, how 
can he love God whom he hath not seen? 

21 And this commandment have we from 
him, That he who loveth God love his 
brother also. 



THE REVELATION 

OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE. 



CHAPTER VII. 

And after these things I saw four angels 
standing on the four corners of the earth, 
holding the four winds of the earth, that 
the wind should not blow on the earth, nor 
on the sea, nor on any tree. 

2 And I saw another angel ascending 

Wi. Bi.— 19. 



290 REVELATION. 

from the east, having the seal of the living 
God: and he cried with a loud voice to the 
four angels, to whom it was given to hurt 
the earth and the sea, 

3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the 
sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the 
servants of our God in their foreheads. 

9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great 
multitude, which no man could number, of 
all nations, and kindreds, and people, and 
tongues, stood before the throne, and be- 
fore the Lamb, clothed with white robes, 
and palms in their hands; 

13 And one of the elders answered, say- 
ing unto me, What are these which are ar- 
rayed in white robes? and whence came 
they? 

14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou know- 
est. And he said to me, These are they 
which came out of great tribulation, and 
have washed their robes, and made them 
white in the blood of the Lamb. 

15 Therefore are they before the throne 
of God, and serve him day and night in his 
temple: and he that sitteth on the throne 
shall dwell among them. 



REVELATION. 291 

16 They shall hunger no more, neither 
thirst any more; neither shall the sun light 
on them, nor any heat. 

17 For the Lamb which is in the midst 
of the throne shall feed them, and shall 
lead them unto living fountains of waters: 
and God shall wipe away all tears from 
their eyes. 

OHAPTEE XXII. 

And he shewed me a pure river of water 
of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of 
the throne of God and of the Lamb. 

2 In the midst of the street of it, and on 
either side of the river, was there the tree of 
life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and 
yielded her fruit every month: and the 
leaves of the tree were for the healing of the 
nations. 

3 And there shall be no more curse: but 
the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be 
in it; and his* servants shall serve him: 

4 And they shall see his face; and his 
name shall be in their foreheads. 

5 And there shall be no night there; and 



292 



REVELATION. 



they need no candle, neither light of the 
sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: 
and they shall reign for ever and ever. 

6 And he said unto nie, These sayings 
are faithful and true : and the Lord God of 
the holy prophets sent his angel to shew 
unto his servants the things which must 
shortly be done. 

7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he 
that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of 
this book. 

8 And I John saw these things, and 
heard them. And when I had heard and 
seen, I fell down to worship before the feet 
of the angel which shew r ed me these things. 

9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it 
not: for I am thy fellow servant, and of thy 
brethren the prophets, and of them which 
keep the sayings of this book: w T orship 
God. 

10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the 
sayings of the prophecy of this book: for 
the time is at hand. 

11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust 
still: and he which is filthy, let him be 
filthy still : and he that is righteous, let him 



REVELATION. 293 

be righteous still: and he that is holy, let 
him be holy still. 

12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my 
reward is with me, to give every man ac- 
cording as his work shall be. 

13 I am Alpha and Omega, the begin- 
ning and the end, the first and the last. 

14 Blessed are they that do his com- 
mandments, that they may have right to 
the tree of life, and may enter in through 
the gates into the city. 

17 And the Spirit and the bride say, 
Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. 
And let him that is athirst come. And 
whosoever will, let him take the water of 
life freely. 

18 For I testify unto every man that 
heareth the words of the prophecy of this 
book, If any man shall add unto these 
things, God shall add unto him the plagues 
that are written in this book: 

19 And if any man shall take aw r ay from 
the words of the book of this prophecy, God 
shall take away his part out of the book of 
life, and out of the holy city, and from the 
things which are written in this book. 



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